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GOSPEL POWER l OCTOBER 10, 2021 l SUNDAY
GOSPEL POWER l OCTOBER 10, 2021 l SUNDAY
28th Sunday in Ordinary Time
Gospel: Mk 10:17-30 17
As Jesus was setting out on a journey, a man ran up and knelt before him, and asked him, “Good Teacher, what must I do to inherit eternal life?” 18Jesus said to him, “Why do you call me good? No one is good but God alone. 19You know the commandments: ‘You shall not murder; You shall not commit adultery; You shall not steal; You shall not bear false witness; You shall not defraud; Honor your father and mother.’” 20He said to him, “Teacher, I have kept all these since my youth.” 21Jesus, looking at him, loved him and said, “You lack one thing; go, sell what you own, and give the money to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven; then come, follow me.” 22When he heard this, he was shocked and went away grieving, for he had many possessions. 23Then Jesus looked around and said to his disciples, “How hard it will be for those who have wealth to enter the kingdom of God!” 24And the disciples were perplexed at these words. But Jesus said to them again, “Children, how hard it is to enter the kingdom of God! 25It 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.” 26They were greatly astounded and said to one another, “Then who can be saved?” 27Jesus looked at them and said, “For mortals it is impossible, but not for God; for God all things are possible.” 28Peter began to say to him, “Look, we have left everything and followed you.” 29Jesus said, “Truly I tell you, there is no one who has left house or brothers or sisters or mother or father or children or fields, for my sake and for the sake of the good news, 30who will not receive a hundredfold now in this age — houses, brothers and sisters, mothers and children, and fields, with persecutions — and in the age to come eternal life.”
Here is a young man at the crossroads of life — sensing the call to transcendence, yet like many in our time, is unwilling to pay the price, unwilling to risk losing all for something that far surpasses any value we know on earth. St. Paul hints at this reality when he says, “No eye has seen, nor ear heard, nor the human heart conceived, what God has prepared for those who love him” (1 Cor 2:9). In Jesus, the young man has encountered Wisdomin-person, which is spoken of in the first reading as more precious than silver and gold. Jesus is the living and effective Word of God (see second reading) who penetrates the thoughts of the young man’s heart and discovers therein his attachment to material wealth. The story is sad but not hopeless. For what is impossible for human beings is possible for God.
Lord Jesus, give us the grace to detach our hearts from those realities that block us from following you. Amen.
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GOSPEL POWER l OCTOBER 10, 2021 l SUNDAY
28th Sunday in Ordinary Time
Gospel: Mk 10:17-30 17
As Jesus was setting out on a journey, a man ran up and knelt before him, and asked him, “Good Teacher, what must I do to inherit eternal life?” 18Jesus said to him, “Why do you call me good? No one is good but God alone. 19You know the commandments: ‘You shall not murder; You shall not commit adultery; You shall not steal; You shall not bear false witness; You shall not defraud; Honor your father and mother.’” 20He said to him, “Teacher, I have kept all these since my youth.” 21Jesus, looking at him, loved him and said, “You lack one thing; go, sell what you own, and give the money to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven; then come, follow me.” 22When he heard this, he was shocked and went away grieving, for he had many possessions. 23Then Jesus looked around and said to his disciples, “How hard it will be for those who have wealth to enter the kingdom of God!” 24And the disciples were perplexed at these words. But Jesus said to them again, “Children, how hard it is to enter the kingdom of God! 25It 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.” 26They were greatly astounded and said to one another, “Then who can be saved?” 27Jesus looked at them and said, “For mortals it is impossible, but not for God; for God all things are possible.” 28Peter began to say to him, “Look, we have left everything and followed you.” 29Jesus said, “Truly I tell you, there is no one who has left house or brothers or sisters or mother or father or children or fields, for my sake and for the sake of the good news, 30who will not receive a hundredfold now in this age — houses, brothers and sisters, mothers and children, and fields, with persecutions — and in the age to come eternal life.”
Here is a young man at the crossroads of life — sensing the call to transcendence, yet like many in our time, is unwilling to pay the price, unwilling to risk losing all for something that far surpasses any value we know on earth. St. Paul hints at this reality when he says, “No eye has seen, nor ear heard, nor the human heart conceived, what God has prepared for those who love him” (1 Cor 2:9). In Jesus, the young man has encountered Wisdomin-person, which is spoken of in the first reading as more precious than silver and gold. Jesus is the living and effective Word of God (see second reading) who penetrates the thoughts of the young man’s heart and discovers therein his attachment to material wealth. The story is sad but not hopeless. For what is impossible for human beings is possible for God.
Lord Jesus, give us the grace to detach our hearts from those realities that block us from following you. Amen.