“FOR MEN IT IS IMPOSSIBLE, BUT NOT FOR GOD. ALL THINGS ARE POSSIBLE FOR GOD.” MK 10:17-27
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 MK 10:17-27: 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.
Today, Jesus teaches us that wealth and power are false securities. He deflects the rich young man from the start when the rich young man calls Him good, “Why do you call me good? No one is good but God alone.” Life itself is a gift from God. We did not make it ourselves. What we accomplish does not matter, but how much we love.
St. Thomas Aquinas wrote that we seek happiness falsely in power, wealth, pleasure, and honor. He taught that Jesus had none of these on the cross. He had no power. He was nailed to a cross. He had no wealth. He was naked. He had no pleasure, He was at the physical, mental, and psychological limits of pain. He had no honor. He was being mocked as King of the Jews.
St. Thomas said we must despise these 4 things and do the one thing Jesus loved while on the cross. Jesus loved doing the will of God. God’s will alone can bring us holiness and true happiness (from Bishop Barron’s video on the beatitudes).
Search for the root of what is causing you to sin or search for false happiness. Fr. Mike Schmitz reminds us that we are doing the will of God when we can say yes to 3 things: Am I in the state of grace? Did I pray today? Am I doing my daily tasks (following the 10 commandments)?
Bishop Barron says we know we are doing God’s will when we see the fruits of the Spirit in our life: joy, peace, love, generosity, faithfulness, self-control, patience, kindness, modesty, chastity, gentleness, and goodness. God’s grace alone saves. Bring yourself to His grace through the many avenues Jesus set up while on earth, confession, Eucharist, prayer, fasting, almsgiving, indulgences, and works of mercy.
Today’s challenge: Submit your will to God, love, give Him the glory. Only God’s grace can bring us back to Him. Stop worrying about accomplishing and getting recognition, today start to live with purpose, do each act with love not wanting any acknowledgement for your good deeds.
Be a servant, be a saint today!
#Christian YODO (You Only Die Once; We will live again!)
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