MY daily reflection and prayer:
Monday, October 19, 2015
Twenty-nineteenth Week in Ordinary Time
Dear my friends,
Here is the Gospel for us today according to Luke 12:13-21
One of the multitude said to him, “Teacher, bid my brother divide the inheritance with me.” But he said to him, “Man, who made me a judge or divider over you?” And he said to them, “Take heed, and beware of all covetousness; for a man’s life does not consist in the abundance of his possessions.” And he told them a parable, saying, “The land of a rich man brought forth plentifully; and he thought to himself, `What shall I do, for I have nowhere to store my crops?’ And he said, `I will do this: I will pull down my barns, and build larger ones; and there I will store all my grain and my goods. And I will say to my soul, Soul, you have ample goods laid up for many years; take your ease, eat, drink, be merry.’ But God said to him, `Fool! This night your soul is required of you; and the things you have prepared, whose will they be?’ So is he who lays up treasure for himself, and is not rich toward God.”
This is the Gospel of the Lord.
Praise to you Lord Jesus Christ.
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IN the Gospel today, Jesus teaches us that we are not loving possessions rather than loving our neighbor. Jesus calls this wealthy landowner a fool because he never thinks others.
He is fool for he has lost the capacity to be concerned for others. His life is consumed with his possessions. His only interests are in himself.
In the Perpetual Adoration of the Eucharist, we worship Jesus Christ our highest treasure. The thing we most set our heart on is our highest treasure.
Let’s pray: Lord Jesus Chrisr, free our hearts from all possessiveness. May we desire you alone as the one true treasure worth possessing above all else. Help us to make good use of the material blessings you give us that we may use them generously for your glory and for the good of others now and forever. Amen.
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