Tuesday of week 23 in Ordinary Time

The Self-Improvement industry is going strong. Books and blogs abound proclaiming to share secrets about how to manage time for ultimate efficiency, eat a more healthy diet, find the best formula for exercise, remove the clutter, lose weight, find a soul mate, invest money strategically, dress for success and of course, how to be happy. The amount of information and variety of messages is overwhelming and can be very confusing.
Today Paul shares with the Colossians the only self-improvement any of us need to know: As you received Christ, Jesus the Lord, walk in him rooted in him and built upon him and established in the faith as you were taught, abounding in thanksgiving.
See to it that no one captivate you with an empty seductive philosophy according to the tradition of men, according to the elemental powers of the world and not according to Christ.