How do we view the commandments? Are they rigid laws to weigh us down or hamper us? Or are they stop signs of love? Preventing us from self destruction or otherwise? Keeping us on the path of salvation..
Now that we are on that path, it leads us to a two-fork path. One on the right which is wide and clear but leads to nowhere and another on the left which is narrow, the entrance leading to a thick jungle path for which we need to clear to make headway? Which one shall we choose?
The one on the left is the path of discipleship, the more possessions we have and the more worldly our desires; the thicker the jungle we have to clear, the greater the struggle to make our way through to our eternal reward. When we bear our cross with and through Christ, we find the yoke we take on easy and our burden light. Amen
GOSPEL
Matthew 19:16–22
A young man approached Jesus and said, “Teacher, what good must I do to gain eternal life?” He answered him, “Why do you ask me about the good? There is only One who is good. If you wish to enter into life, keep the commandments.” He asked him, “Which ones?” And Jesus replied, “You shall not kill;
you shall not commit adultery;
you shall not steal;
you shall not bear false witness;
honor your father and your mother;
and you shall love your neighbor as yourself.”
The young man said to him, “All of these I have observed. What do I still lack?” Jesus said to him, “If you wish to be perfect, go, sell what you have and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven. Then come, follow me.” When the young man heard this statement, he went away sad, for he had many possessions.
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