“ONE’S LIFE DOES NOT CONSIST OF POSSESSIONS.” LK 12:13-21
Humbly submit your will to God (thy Will be done) and consecrate yourself to the Sacred Heart of Jesus through Mary and Joseph.
Prayer Prompt before reading LK 12:13-21: Come, Holy Spirit, teach me how to pray, interpret the Scriptures for me so that I may know the Truth about who God the Father and God the Son are so that I may know who I am.
Jesus teaches us a couple of important lessons today. First, don’t make material possessions the center of your life. Second, God (His grace-His life in us), love (especially sacrificial-agape), prayer (a relationship), family, friends, good deeds, and living in service of others are non-material riches that matter to God. Invest in them. Some people spend their whole life working to make a good life here or a good life for their children on earth.
Don’t get me wrong, there is nothing wrong with hard work and making a good living, supporting your family and leaving an inheritance for your children. It is all in vain if we did not leave behind the most important thing for our children and each other, love. We learn about love in the story of salvation given to us by God who loves His children dearly. We learn about a Savior who gave His life so we might live and His Spirit lives in us to guide us until He returns.
On our death beds which do you think we will regret more, not leaving behind enough money to our children who we raised to learn how to work hard and fend for themselves or not spending more time with your wife/husband, kids, serving others in need, praying and being with God developing a strong relationship with Him?
This life is a preparation for the next. God gave us freedom so we could learn how to love. Deep down we want authentic relationships with God, spouse, friends, classmates, children, co-workers, etc. There is one authentic relationship that will teach us who we are and what we were made for, an authentic meaningful relationship with Jesus Christ.
We are created for an afterlife, a spiritual life. It makes since that Jesus and the Scriptures are teaching us to store are riches in spiritual things. What makes us rich in the spiritual life? Intentional prayer in silence (building a relationship with Jesus), faithfully receiving the sacraments so God’s grace can transform us, offering up our suffering which leads to joy, putting love into each deed throughout the day, and staying spiritually motivated by reading spiritual books about the saints, our hall of famers in the spiritual life.
Today’s challenge:. Spend time with your family instead of an electronic. Spend time with your family worshiping God and being nourished by Him in the Eucharist. Pray with someone today.
Be a servant, be a saint today!
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