The young man answered, “All
these I have observed, what do still I lack?” (Mt 19: 20)
Meditation: This word of
the lord reminds me something like the man who went to see the forest and came
back quite disappointed for he couldn’t see the forest but only trees there.
There are people who fail to see trees for forests just like the little fish
who asks its mamma to show it, where the sea is. After learning and practicing all
the laws given through Moses, the rich man is in search of the good things that
make him enter the kingdom of heaven. We read in the gospel of Mathew that ‘even
those dinners with him and listening to his teachings wouldn’t help them enter
the kingdom of god’ (cf. Mt 13:26) There are also people, even after all their
sacramental life and retreats, who doubt their entry into the kingdom of
heaven. Something they feel in themselves lacking and hindering them enter the
kingdom. What is really happening there? I hope that the religious teaching
doesn’t go into the hearts of the people; they learn only the letters of the
law rather than its spirit and meaning. Jesus, the real teacher, who came to
fulfill the laws let teach us the spirit and meaning of the laws. I have also
seen people coming to the confessionals and confessing their old sins of even
childhood for which they had received absolution. What do I still lack?...You
lack nothing but the real conviction that you are saved by the power of the precious
blood of Jesus Christ and you are to live in and for Jesus Christ through Holy
Spirit, where you don’t want worldly things. Therefore, sell everything you
have and follow Jesus; empty yourself and follow him.
Prayer: Lord
Jesus, we thank you and praise you for your daily eternal bread. Even after
long years of catechism and sacramental life, Lord, we do not have the real
courage to be your witnesses to our brethren. We are always searching after the
new things or what are lacking. We are not really aware of what we have been
given already. Often we either withdraw from or avoid those occasions of
witnessing. Give your Holy Spirit in abundance so that we may be able to give
witness to you before our brethren. Amen!
Greetings: Take courage
God is with you! Have a nice and blissful day…
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