Prayer Prompt before reading LK 16:19-31: Come, Holy Spirit, teach me how to pray well, 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.
“MOREOVER, BETWEEN US AND YOU A GREAT CHASM IS ESTABLISHED TO PREVENT ANYONE FROM CROSSING WHO MIGHT WISH TO GO FROM OUR SIDE TO YOURS OR FROM YOUR SIDE TO OURS.” LK 16:19-31
Humbly submit your will to God (Thy Will be done) and consecrate yourself to the Sacred Heart of Jesus through Mary and Joseph.
Jesus teaches us today what happens if we don’t bring the Gospel to people. We have one shot to get this right (#Christian YOLO). This is why God gives us time, He likes to see things grow. We may not get it right the first time and we may need more time to get it right. We are living in the end times, the times after Jesus’ resurrection. Jesus can come back at any time for the Second Coming.
“If they will not listen to Moses and the prophets, neither will they be persuaded if someone should rise from the dead.” We have the Word of God in the Bible, God’s breath, to teach us how to gain salvation (God’s will for us: He has one great desire, that you and I are with Him in heaven, our salvation-Pope Francis) and lead others to Christ. We have the Holy Spirit to guide us and lead us to virtue.
Today’s Gospel teaches us there are no second chances when it comes to eternal life. The time we have here is a gift. Since Jesus rose from the dead, this life is not the final horizon. We are made for a spiritual homeland. It is time to start rearranging our priorities and live putting our full trust in God. Today is a great time to rearrange priorities and dust away the cobwebs of a hardened heart.
It is a time to love our soul more than our body. We cannot take THINGS, power, money, pleasure or honor (4 things we must despise that we think will make us happy-St. Thomas Aquinas). All we can take is the times we were unselfish and put others before self, the times we loved as Jesus loves us.
Today’s challenge: Live like today is your last day on earth. What would you do differently? What legacy do you want to leave behind. Most regrets on death beds are not loving as much as they should have; love of spouse, love of parents, love of children, or spending more time with God and family. Put down your electronics and spend time loving God and family. There are no second chances after we die. We don’t know the day or the hour the Master will return. We don’t know when God is going to call our number. Most importantly, He just wants to be your best friend!
Be a servant, become a saint!
#Christian YODO (You Only Die Once; we will live again!)
God’s will for us: He has one great desire, that you and I are with Him in heaven. This stood out to me because God made us so he can loves us and so we can be with him in Heaven.
This is saying that no matter how much proof or evidence one receives, they will not believe any sort of claim unless they are open to changing their belief.
‘Oh no, father Abraham, but if someone from the dead goes to them, they will repent.’ Then Abraham said, ‘If they will not listen to Moses and the prophets, neither will they be persuaded if someone should rise from the dead.'”
This part stuck out to me because its saying that if we wont even listen to or believe our priests or Holy brothers and sisters. How can we listen to God? They are sharing the word of God with us, God is speaking through them. Yet some of us wont even take them seriously because they aren’t the Lord so they don’t have the authority that God has. No they have the authority because God is speaking THROUGH them God is giving them the thoughts, the feelings, the words to speak. They are the physical representation of God. Yet we still wont believe in their words, unless the Lord is saying those exact words.
Today’s Gospel Jesus tells a tale when a rich man had everything he could ever want at his disposal but then there was a man named Lazarus who had nothing and the dogs usually lick his sores. But you might have noticed that Jesus said and recognize only Lazarus and not the rich man Jesus say rich man not John or something and he takes pity on Lazarus because he was poor and now in heaven is rejoicing.
Today’s Gospel is trying to say that it doesn’t matter what kind of things you have on earth, it only matters how you treat others and God. The rich man had many things that he did not need at all and they distracted him from what really mattered. While Lazarus didn’t have anything but he did have good faith and that is all that really matters. So today, try to be like Lazarus and step away from the things that are taking you away from God. He will always be there for you, so you just have to be there for Him.
“MOREOVER, BETWEEN US AND YOU A GREAT CHASM IS ESTABLISHED TO PREVENT ANYONE FROM CROSSING WHO MIGHT WISH TO GO FROM OUR SIDE TO YOURS OR FROM YOUR SIDE TO OURS.” LK 16:19-31. Something that stood out to me about this was that a chasm is established because say if you were called something and you wanted to get back at the person who called you that name. That chasm is created to prevent us from doing something that we might someday regret.
In today’s Gospel, Jesus said that there is no second chance in life. We get one chance in this world, so we must do it right by spreading the word of God throughout the world. But we get things wrong, it ‘s okay to get things God made us so we can learn from our mistakes.
What stuck out to me in today’s Gospel was that you get one chance to eternal life and every ounce of time we have here is a gift. Spend your time on earth getting closer to God so you can have eternal in the place you were made to be. I really like “Live like today is your last day on earth” because we truly never know when that will be. So be God’s best friend and live your life with no regrets.
What I got from this scripture reflection is that we need to live every day like it could be our last. We never know when Jesus will call us home, so we need to learn to be prepared for that always. WE can prepare for that by always putting others first and to love others like God loves us. There will not be any second chances after we get called home, so we need to have a life that doesn’t need a second chance.
Today’s Gospel told me that even if you have luxury items it doesn’t equal faith in God. Father in God is much more important than what we have in material. God wants us to be happy with Him and not be happy with something else. The rich man didn’t care that the poor man was suffering.
I think the phrase “He has one great desire, that you and I are with Him in heaven” and I think its important because poeple seem to forgot that everything you do in life is just a trial for when you go to purgatory. Everyone will go to purgatory after they die and they must bear suffering and repent for their sins to be allowed into heaven
The road to Heavan will never be clear. the road will be the hardest road to clim. but you cant do it by yourself , you have to have God with you on that road if you walk that road with out any faith and truely believing in God you will never make past the start. God knows what we need more than us , he will also be there on the road waiting for you.
The first thing I took from that was “there are no second chances!” and we only have one chance to live on Earth to do as much as posible.
This passage warns that neglecting and rejecting the poor leads to eternal separation from God, showing that indifference to suffering is a sin. Lazarus a rich man, who lived in luxury, ends in torment, just showing that God’s justice flips earthly hierarchies or leaders. In the end we dont stay on earth forever and being the most popular wont matter and all the earthly things wont matter we need to respond with love and compassion and unlike the rich man we need to share our wealth or at least help out.
How you treat others reflects on who you are as a person. The poor man treated others with kindness and went the heaven. But while the rich man had everything he wanted in this world he treated others as though they were less than him, and he went to hell.
He has one great desire, that you and I are with Him in heaven, our salvation-Pope Francis) and lead others to Christ. We have the Holy Spirit to guide us and lead us to virtue. He gives us his love and his mercy. He will return for Second Coming, He teaches us that we need to spread the Gospel to others, he gives us one shit and gives us time to make that shot correct so if you feel like giving up remember God is always on your side, he will never stop loving you. He has taught us the story of salvation. We can find Jesus in the bible. God loves you so much and he will send blessings and have a good rest of your day!! Viva Cristo Rey!
What really stood out to me this time was this “‘If they will not listen to Moses and the prophets, neither will they be persuaded if someone should rise from the dead.'” Because if the brothers where really that bad too not listen to somebody who rose form the dead they must be very selfish.
In today’s gospel God tells us to give to others for if you give to those you will be taken by an angel to heaven but if you do not you will be taken to hell for eternity. Now is the time to repent for your sins and start giving to others. Better late then never just remebmer, repent, love, and give.
Jesus warns us that wealth and status in this life do not guarantee favor in the next, emphasizing that our treatment of the vulnerable has eternal consequences. It highlights a “great chasm” that becomes fixed after death, meaning our earthly choices eventually lead to an unalterable destiny. By mentioning Moses and the Prophets, Jesus teaches that Scripture provides all the guidance necessary for repentance and right living. Ultimately, the story suggests that if a person’s heart is close to God’s word, even a sign like someone rising from the dead will not convince them to change.
In Today’s gospel, the great chasm was not the physical distance between the rich man’s table and his front door, but the indifference in the rich man’s heart. He did not actively harm Lazarus; he simply failed to see him. He was so consumed by his own rich life that the suffering human being at his doorstep became part of the landscape, invisible and ignored.
The Gospel told me that we should be generous to others. If we are, heaven is waiting for us. Those who do not give up stuff for others will suffer. The rich man is paying his price and asking for Lazarus to warn his brothers, but Abraham said in reply, “If they will not listen to Moses and the prophets, neither will they be persuaded if someone should rise from the dead.
In today’s gospel, it talks about how a rich man and Lazarus both had 2 different stories. The rich man was tormented while Lazarus was on the side of Abraham. The rich man asked for pity from Abraham but he tells hims about pity. It tells us that we only have 1 chance and if we die we cant change what we said.
In this Gospel there is a rich man who has everything he could ever want and a poor man named Lazarus who would be happy with only the scraps that fall from the table. Lazarus lives a life of suffering, the dogs lick his sores and he is cast out from society but God has favor over him. If we live our life lavishly we will be sent away from God but if we suffer we will be saved.
I think what this is saying is that if you are poor and live a good life and don’t give up anything for the poor or help or go to mass. You will spend eternity in hell. But if you live a poor life with god and serve him. You will have eternal life.
In today’s Gospel it speaks about how a rich man goes to hell and a suffering sick man going to Heaven. The rich man had every trivial objective thing he could’ve wanted in life but he did not share when he had the opportunity to. The sick man,Lazarus, had nothing and was out casted and lived a life full of sorrow and suffering. When both of the men died, the rich man went to hell while the sick man went to Heave. A lesson to learn from this is when we suffer in life and bear our crosses we will be rewarded with the Kingdom of God.
I have heard this Gospel many times and I have heard a lot of Homilies on this Gospel. Everyone finds this Gospel frightening because they are working to try and get what is best for them and their family. When many people read this Gospel they are frightened of what will happen to them. They always strive for their best life here so they think that they are condemning themselves by doing this. The priests I hear preach all say that this is not true. Just like Therese of Lisu it is the little way. Tithing, service hours, and being kind are all ways to avoid being rich and greedy.
Today’s gospel says “When the poor man died, he was carried away by angels to the bosom of Abraham. The rich man also died and was buried, and from the netherworld, where he was in torment, he raised his eyes and saw Abraham far off and Lazarus at his side.” This shows that those who live a selfish and rich life on Earth will be the ones who suffer in eternal life. This also shows that the people who are poor and kind now are going to be the ones who live happily and comfortably in eternal life. “Blessed are the poor in spirit for theirs is the kingdom of God.” That is one of the Beatitudes. Jesus uses those to teach us and this one teaches us the same things that the parable of the rich man and Lazarus. That those who live comfortable lives on Earth will suffer in eternal life and those who suffer on Earth will be comfortable in eternal life.
But Abraham replied, ‘They have Moses and the prophets. Let them listen to them.’ He said, ‘Oh no, father Abraham, but if someone from the dead goes to them, they will repent.’ Then Abraham said, ‘If they will not listen to Moses and the prophets, neither will they be persuaded if someone should rise from the dead.'” I find it interesting that the rich man wants to sent specifically a dead person not an angel a dead person. That seeing what could happen to you is more worth believing than someone telling you want will happen to you.
I think the Gospel today tells me that I should love others as if today was my last day to love them, because eventually it wont matter if I looked good or was smart or funny, God wants me to love others. As easy as it may seem to do, it isn’t. Its harder than most things like rock climbing or swimming etc. But the more we practice, the more virtue we have, the easier it will get, to love, flourish, and to succeed in our mission. Even though we won’t be on this earth forever, but we can still eternally love and be loved by God. And I think, well actually I know that’s all we need.
What stuck out to me in today’s gospel is where Lazarus would eat off the ground from the rich man scraps. Lazarus was at Abraham’s side and he told Lazarus he needed to dip the tip of his finger in the water and he would have a cool tongue.
Today’s Gospel says, “When the poor man died, he was carried away by angels to the bosom of Abraham. The rich man also died and was buried, and from the netherworld, where he was in torment, he raised his eyes and saw Abraham far off and Lazarus at his side.” This shows if you live a selfish life like the rich man did you will probably suffer inside. But, if you live a life like the poor man. Kind, caring, aware of everyone around you, then you will probably feel amazing and fulfilled. Be kind to everyone even they are mean to you.
In today Gospel, it talks about how the rich man went to have while the poor man went to hell. Which sounds weird since normally that rich go and be bad but the poor are holy. In this story it shows that no matter how rich or poor you are you can still go to Heaven or hell. While, he was in hell he told Abraham to want his 5 siblings so that they may not end up there. Which I find very compassionate.
I felt most spoken to when the poor man went to heaven and the rich man went to hell because he never even thought to be kind to the man who suffered each day of his life but he dined like a king.
“There was a rich man who dressed in purple garments and fine linen
and dined sumptuously each day.
And lying at his door was a poor man named Lazarus, covered with sores,
who would gladly have eaten his fill of the scraps
that fell from the rich man’s table.
Dogs even used to come and lick his sores.
When the poor man died,
he was carried away by angels to the bosom of Abraham.
The rich man also died and was buried,
and from the netherworld, where he was in torment,”
I think this is saying that when you sin and don’t help people who are in need and you don’t believe in God you will go to hell and will be tormented by all the evil spirits and the man who you did not help and was a good man went to heaven after he died.
I think in this Gospel it was reminding of us that the first will be the last and the last will be the first, and to help others even when you don’t need to.
It is interesting that we think if we have goods here they will be in heaven. If you were rich and gave all your items to the poor you would have a good feeling and that is what goes to heaven not the items. So go and preach and listen and love.
The one thing God wants the most from us is to make it into Heaven and be with him there forever. Not only should we try to make it into Heaven, but we should help others on the way there too. That’s why it’s important to spread the gospel so that others may make it into Heaven with us as well. Our time on Earth is limited so we should cherish it and make the most of it.
Jesus is saying in this parible that when we have we should give to those who have not whether it be time talent or tresher we should give more if we have more than others if we have none then we should receive with grate thanks. if we do othere wize we go to gahena.
“It is time to start rearranging our priorities and live putting our full trust in God.” This sentence stuck out to me the most while I read this because us, as humans, have the tendency to put other things ahead of God, like video games, our devices, ect. We need to love God the most of everything we love and put Him first, before anything.
Today’s Gospel teaches us there are no second chances when it comes to eternal life. this is why we need to go to confession and receive the Eucharist while we are still on earth so we can get to heaven. if we don’t pray and spend time with God on earth we will not spend all eternity with him in heaven.
In today’s gospel Jesus tells us that we only have one chance in life so we need to listen to him follow his path for us. Following his path means to love others and to pray that he will show you what is in store for you.
Today’s Gospel told me that you don’t have to be rich to go to Heaven as long as you serve God you will go to Heaven.
This Gospel tells us to take a look at the spiritual blindness that comes from comfort. We tend to get blindsided by our own needs and wants rather than think of others first.
Todays gospel told me that our status here on Earth means nothung once we get to Heaven. We are here to prepare ourselves for eternal life with God and we take it for granted.
Let them listen to them.’
He said, ‘Oh no, father Abraham,
but if someone from the dead goes to them, they will repent.’ What this means to me is that we shouldn’t seek a sign before we Believe in God but to know he is truly present because of what he did for salvation and died for are sins so we can have eternal life.
What I think the lord is trying to tell me is that if we are rich or poor he will still love us with his whole entire heart. Also from are part of we are rich or poor we should still learn to love and care for others because that doesn’t cost any money to do so.
“Blessed is the man who trusts in the LORD,
whose hope is the LORD.” If you do really believe in Him, so much great things will happen to you. You can tell him all of your problems and He will keep them in His heart for Him to fix. He is the only one we can trust.
Today in the Gospel somethings that stuck to me where that everyone has a choosing on how they will act down here on earth if your rich that dosent mean your going to heaven and if your poor it also dosent mean you are going to heaven because God looks at your soul and how you acted not how you looked or how famous you were.
I today’s Gospel, I think God is trying to tell me that we have to listen to Gospel and pay attention during the Mass. We have to value the gifts that we have in front of us. We shouldn’t just wait for a heavenly sign, but have faith that the Gospel is true and Jesus is our Lord. We must also have that if we are going through bad times that Jesus still wants us and we have to seek Him out. Not just sit around and wait for Him to tell us something. We have to talk to Him and be ready to recieve Him.
In todays gospel Jesus tells us that there is no second chances in heaven and that the time that we get in heaven is a gift. Since Jesus rose from the dead, this life is not the final horizon. and he just wants to be our friend and wants us to love us like he loves others.
In today’s Gospel, Abraham said to the rich man, “If they will not listen to Moses and the prophets, neither will they be persuaded if someone should rise from the dead.'” I think that this is kind of cool because its a sort of foreshadowing to what happens to Jesus years later. Its cool because it really shows us that God had a plan for Jesus all along, and that he has the same thing for us!
I think the Gospel is telling me that we have to be poor in spirit so that we might be rich in God’s love. Everything we do on Earth is temporary, but one thing that doesn’t get forgotten is our actions. Did we choose to do the write thing in the face of hard times? Like Mr. Goertz always says, we are on a pilgrimage and we are just passing through earth to our final destination.
“There was a rich man who dressed in purple garments and fine linen
and dined sumptuously each day.
And lying at his door was a poor man named Lazarus, covered with sores,
who would gladly have eaten his fill of the scraps
that fell from the rich man’s table.” I like this Gospel because in a way, its telling us how we need to be grateful for the stuff we have. There are some people that don’t have anything or maybe just not very much, so we are blessed to have the lives we live.
“If they will not listen to Moses and the prophets, neither will they be persuaded if someone should rise from the dead.” Some don’t believe to power of God without proof. When you believe God and his word in the Gospel we dont need proof. God’s word to us is enough. His actions through Jesus dying on the cross is enough action and proof
In the Gospel today Jesus talks about a parable of the rich and poor man. In the story the rich man dies and goes to hell. He asks if he can warn others about being kind and taking care of others, but Abraham refuses and tells him that if they do not listen to the prophets that they will not listen to God.
“If they will not listen to Moses and the prophets, neither will they be persuaded if someone should rise from the dead”
People think that if there rich they will go to heaven.. God determines it in a way if your rich in HIS LOVE yes you will go to heaven…. but you have to serve him, do catholic deeds and so on! God Bless You All!!
God is telling me we must be kind and help those in need like donating to the homeless shelter or comforting those in pain and suffering and we will be taken to the promise land
In the Gospel, today it says that it wont be easy to get to heaven. We have to put others first, and help them. The golden rule is a perfect example to being like Christ. If you be nice to others and serve them FIRST, then you will take one step closer to getting to heaven.
In today”s Gospel It is telling us we have everything
right in front of us but we never go out and look at
the great gifts like giving us a good catholic education
so we need to stop asking and seek
I think this Gospel is reminding me to care less about material possessions and to care more about what I have with God which is a relationship with limitless love.
What I got out of this Gospel is that we must honor our spiritual life more than our physical one. For instance we should be taking care of our soul by not committing mortal and veniel sins we must keep our soul clean for God so when we receive the Eucharist our soul is pure and open towards God.
” There was a rich man who was dressed in purple and fine linen and lived in luxury every day. At his gate was laid a beggar named Lazarus, covered with sores and longing to eat what fell from the rich man’s table. ” in todays gospel, this stuck out to me the most because, to me, I feel like Jesus is telling us to be grateful for what we have because in the eyes of others, what we cast aside is what other might treasure. We live in a spoiled country, nost people here don’t know of how other people in other 3rd world countries live.
In today’s Gospel, Jesus tells the parable of The Rich Man and Lazarus. He says that Lazarus was begging to the rich man with sores on his body, but the rich man just ignores Lazarus. Then when they both die, an angel picks up Lazarus and sends him to Abraham. But the rich man was sent to the netherworld and with torment. The rich man wants to be saved but Abraham tells him that if he would’ve cared for others, like Lazarus, he would’ve been out of torment.
I think this Gospel tells me that material thing wont get you into heaven. Its your love and loyalty to God that will. We should put God before everything else, not just to get into heaven but just because. God loves us with his whole heart so the least we can do is love him back and sacrifice some material things to put God first.
In today’s gospel it tells us that there is no second chance to have eternal life.The time we have here is a gift, we have to start giving up our time and space so we can make room for God, he will give us that eternal life we want and he will be with us and for as long as it takes for us to make it up to heaven with him.
Something that stuck with me when i read this is that “We cannot take THINGS, power, money, pleasure or honor”. The reason this was stuck with me when I read this this is that sometimes we would do things that aren’t us for money and give it power or honor. sometimes our own friends would make us do bad things for money like hitting someone, saying something unkind or weird. also people would do many other un-holy things for money just because they need it giving like power. Other things that we may honor is our own power or our ability to control things like people would start kinda honoring you if you had the power to do something unto them like ruin a reputation, or spreading nasty things about them. We need to humble ourselves and realize that God gave us all of this and we shouldnt honor or worship or give pleasure to other things but him. this doesnt mean you cant be happy and have pleasure in like a video game but just done make it so exercise you feel like it runs your life and without it your nothing.
“and lying at his door was a poor man named Lazarus, covered with sores,” this is telling us that God doesn’t care what we look like, he doesn’t care where we live or what we gave he just wants us to get to heaven. He tells us that not by owing a lot o stuff but by being a good person we can get to heaven.
Today’s gospel teaches us to not be stubborn. ‘If they will not listen to Moses and the prophets, neither will they be persuaded if someone should rise from the dead.’ We should listen to people who try to teach us. We should follow rules and be good examples so we can be happy in heaven with God. We should always listen to those who try to teach us.
In today’s gospel, God is not telling us that those you are blessed in life will go to hell, and those who receive nothing will automatically go to heaven. He is telling us, though, that what you do with the gifts you have been given determines where you will go after death. Those who show mercy to others and follow God’s will, will be rewarded with eternal life, and those who follow the temptations of the world will not. Also we don’t need to experience a miracle, we have already heard of miracles that have happened, the most important of which is Jesus rising from the dead. It will do us much better to believe in what we have not seen, rather than to put our faith in what we have already seen.
Today scripture tells us that we have to use our money for the better of others. We can have nice things but we have to assure that we do our part in helping others first before we buy ourselves something new. He said, “Then I beg you, father, send him
to my father’s house” we also have to humble our selves like the rich man did but he did it when it was to late that’s why we have all our time on Earth to fix this and make it right.
“Father Abraham, have pity on me. Send Lazarus to dip the tip of his finger in water and cool my tongue, for I am suffering torment in these flames.” The rich man had refused to help Lazarus when he was wealth and powerful and Lazarus was poor and suffering, however, when the rich man was suffering, he begged upon Lazarus to help him get a drink of water for him. Once his power and wealth were stripped away only his human sin and eternal suffering were left for him. It is not at all saying that power and money are sin filled, but people with those gifts disregard people without more often than not because they can be tempted by the devil into a conceited state of mind. Lazarus, through his poorness, was willing to eat the tinniest scrapes of food but the rich man would have most likely rather died then do something so lowly in his eyes.
In today’s Gospel Abraham tells us that if we don’t listen to what God’s word is now then we won’t believe in his miracles. We shouldn’t put earthly things above God because in the end none of that will matter to us, but God will.
In life, sometimes you might have too much of something. Whether that may be money, toys, or time, it is always good to give them to others who are struggling or poor. In today’s Gospel, Jesus speaks about the parable of the rich man and Lazarus. The rich man dressed lavishly and ate sumptuously, while Lazarus could only sit at the man’s door and watch as the rich man ate and gave him nothing. When Lazarus died, he was sent to paradise; in contrast, when the rich man died, he was sent to be tormented. Those who suffer the most on Earth will be the happiest in Heaven. Be kind and help those who are less fortunate than you, and God will see that and fill you up with gladness.
Today in the Gospel Jesus tells us that we need to serve others and Jesus before ourselves, and help others when they need it. Even if it means we have to suffer, we should help everyone, including those we dislike.
Today’s Gospel reminded me that riches on Earth won’t impact anything in the afterlife in heaven. It’s not that the rich go to hell and the poor go to heaven. It’s whoever listens and applies Jesus’s Gospel values to our every day lives and trying to not sin goes to heaven with Our Lord, Jesus Christ.
In today’s Gospel God is telling me to put others and Jesus before myself. That I should not be selfish but be selfless. That we should take our talents and treasures and help others who need them more then me.
treat others with kindess. Treat others as if there were god himself because in a way they are. It dosen’t matter how much money you have or your status on earth, Jesus does not care about that. he cares about the character of your heart. The rich man pushed Lazarus away and did not help him, therefore he went to hell. Lazarus was kind but had no money, therefore he went to heaven.
Today Jesus tells us that we should be the ones to take care of the poor while we are living. We should always want to help others even when it is hard. What we do today when we are alive along with grace from God is what gets us to Heaven. Today I ask God to help me put up with others who I don’t like or who I ignore.
In todays gospel Jesus says that we need to put God and others before ourselves. To love and to serve before ourselves. When others are suffering or hurt like lazarus, we should help them.
I believe that today Jesus is telling us that we must be selfless we must love others more than we love ourselves and above all love God. We must follow the beatitudes and if we are wealthy use our wealth for good not evil.
We need to serve God and others before ourselves. When we are greedy and take away from God, we do not honor him. We all have sins and all will suffer a great price for them.
What I received from the Gospel today, was that the poor are rewarded with Heaven and the rich and selfish go to hell.
What I took from the Gospel is that we only have 1 chance on earth to get into Heaven. We need to do everything we can to try to get into Heaven while we are one Earth.
Into days Gospel I think that The rich man would not even give up little food no money. When all the poor man wanted was just a tiny bit to eat and the rich man would not even give a little even though he has a big home lots of money .But the poor man has is barley any money maybe not even a hosue and he probobly is hungry because he hasnt eatin for awhile. So when the poor man and the rich man die the poor man gets to go to Heaven and be with God and is in a very good place. Then the rich man gose to hell and he wants forgiveness but he could not give anything up for the poor so he will now have to stay there
this is my favorite saying or part from the scripter. We cannot take THINGS, power, money, pleasure or honor (4 things we must despise that we think will make us happy-St. Thomas Aquinas). these to sentence sum up the whole thing. Put down your electronics and spend time loving God and family. There are no second chances after we die. Most regrets on death beds are not loving as much as they should have; love of spouse, love of parents, love of children, or spending more time with God and family.
this was a great page good job Mr. Goertz.
“If they will not listen to Moses and the prophets, neither will they be persuaded if someone should rise from the dead.” this stood out to me because the rich man is like you should send Lazarus to my brothers to tell them to repent cause they would listen to a dead person. but Abraham’s like, so they wont listen to the people who are alive and they have to see to believe? they wont believe if the son of man dies and raises from the dead! he saying nothing could make them repent unless they choose to.
“If they will not listen to Moses and the prophets, neither will they be persuaded if someone should rise from the dead.” this stook out to me because it showed how untrusting people were and maybe still are to the prophets. What I’m getting from that verse is that trust in the prophets and you don’t need someone to come back from the dead to tell you to be ready because Jesus already did.
In the Gsopel today I think that you need to return somethings like money to the poor and then when you can give up little things then it will be easir to get to Heaven if you do not it will be easir to get to hell
What I took from today’s gospel is that you should always try and be nice to others. You need to go to confession and confess your sins if you don’t there are consequences. You need to also try and stop sinning. Once you get to hell you can not go back to earth and can’t cross over to heaven.
What I took away from this Gospel was that if we are greedy and only want to do what makes life easier for us and only care about ourselves then we will have very very bad chances of getting to heaven. But, if we care about others and help them with their hardships without expecting anything in return we will have great chances of getting to heaven.
Abraham says that “…between us and you a great chasm is established to prevent anyone from crossing who might wish to go from our side to yours or from your side to ours.” I took this to mean that there is a seemingly insurmountable barrier between being good and being bad. It will seem impossible to caome from bad to good, and vice versa. It will also seem hard to come to bad ways from good, but not as hard.
In this Gospel It urges us to examine how we manage the blessings God has given to us. Are we taking care of the vineyard, or are we, through our sins, killing the spirit of the son in our hearts?
In today’s Gospel, it talks about being selfish and rude. Like the rich man, many of us have too much pride to help those in need, like the homeless and just the least in general. You should always help others and help those in need. If you help those that are less than you, God loves you and if you help the less, he will save you, but if you just sit and ignore them then you might want to change to reach God.