"Strive to Enter but Only through Christ" Friday of Trinity 13 (observed) 2026

<p>You probably heard “<em>strive to enter</em>” your whole life as one more thing you’re failing at. But the truth is you were never strong enough. Jesus said it. Many will seek and will not be strong enough, and you’re not the exception. There’s no version of you — better rested, better disciplined, more sincere, twenty years further along — that gets through that door under your own strength.</p><p><br /></p>