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GOSPEL POWER l AUGUST 16, 2022 - TUESDAY
GOSPEL POWER l AUGUST 16, 2022 - Tuesday of 20th Week in Ordinary Time
Saint Stephen of Hungary l Saint Roch, healer
Gospel: Mt 19:23-30
23Jesus said to his disciples, “Truly I tell you, it will be hard for a rich person to enter the kingdom of heaven. 24Again I tell you, it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for someone who is rich to enter the kingdom of God.” 25When the disciples heard this, they were greatly astounded and said, “Then who can be saved?” 26But Jesus looked at them and said, “For mortals it is impossible, but for God all things are possible.” 27Then Peter said in reply, “Look, we have left everything and followed you. What then will we have?” 28Jesus said to them, “Truly I tell you, at the renewal of all things, when the Son of Man is seated on the throne of his glory, you who have followed me will also sit on twelve thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel. 29And everyone who has left houses or brothers or sisters or father or mother or children or fields, for my name’s sake, will receive a hundredfold, and will inherit eternal life. 30But many who are first will be last, and the last will be first.”
The Kingdom of heaven is not something to be enjoyed only after death. It is an experience that begins while living on this earth — a conscious choice on our part. We “enter” the Kingdom of heaven when we trustfully surrender our lives to God, letting God become our security here and now. What we will enjoy at the end of earthly life is the fullness of this relationship with God begun while living on this earth. Since material wealth can be a source of security in this world, it offers a cheap and passing alternative to putting one’s trust in God. Sadly, human beings easily fall for this offer. Thus, material wealth competes with God and becomes a block to entering the Kingdom of heaven. It stunts the growth of a person’s relationship with God, making it difficult to turn over one’s life completely to God. The situation looks like a dead end, but Jesus gives us reason to hope when he says, “For human beings this is impossible, but for God all things are possible.”
Lord Jesus, grant that we may use earthly riches as wise stewards whose only security is found in God. Amen.
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GOSPEL POWER l AUGUST 16, 2022 - Tuesday of 20th Week in Ordinary Time
Saint Stephen of Hungary l Saint Roch, healer
Gospel: Mt 19:23-30
23Jesus said to his disciples, “Truly I tell you, it will be hard for a rich person to enter the kingdom of heaven. 24Again I tell you, it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for someone who is rich to enter the kingdom of God.” 25When the disciples heard this, they were greatly astounded and said, “Then who can be saved?” 26But Jesus looked at them and said, “For mortals it is impossible, but for God all things are possible.” 27Then Peter said in reply, “Look, we have left everything and followed you. What then will we have?” 28Jesus said to them, “Truly I tell you, at the renewal of all things, when the Son of Man is seated on the throne of his glory, you who have followed me will also sit on twelve thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel. 29And everyone who has left houses or brothers or sisters or father or mother or children or fields, for my name’s sake, will receive a hundredfold, and will inherit eternal life. 30But many who are first will be last, and the last will be first.”
The Kingdom of heaven is not something to be enjoyed only after death. It is an experience that begins while living on this earth — a conscious choice on our part. We “enter” the Kingdom of heaven when we trustfully surrender our lives to God, letting God become our security here and now. What we will enjoy at the end of earthly life is the fullness of this relationship with God begun while living on this earth. Since material wealth can be a source of security in this world, it offers a cheap and passing alternative to putting one’s trust in God. Sadly, human beings easily fall for this offer. Thus, material wealth competes with God and becomes a block to entering the Kingdom of heaven. It stunts the growth of a person’s relationship with God, making it difficult to turn over one’s life completely to God. The situation looks like a dead end, but Jesus gives us reason to hope when he says, “For human beings this is impossible, but for God all things are possible.”
Lord Jesus, grant that we may use earthly riches as wise stewards whose only security is found in God. Amen.