What possessions do we have that we might bring with us when we die? Why allow anything to hold us back from eternal life?
If we have not already done so, it is time to let go of everything that holds us back from following our Lord and saviour Jesus Christ. Yes we need to work to eat, feed and clothe our family. But do we have time for personal prayer, family prayer and community prayer? Do we have time to grow in our relationship with our Lord and God? Have we allowed Him to fill us with His grace, peace and love? So that we can truly love one another as He loves us. Or is our life about earning more for our future so as to lead what we think would be a comfortable life?
All I have I give to You O Lord, I offer my heart, my mind, my all. Amen
First reading
Romans 4:20-25
Since God had made him a promise, Abraham refused either to deny it or even to doubt it, but drew strength from faith and gave glory to God, convinced that God had power to do what he had promised. This is the faith that was ‘considered as justifying him.’ Scripture however does not refer only to him but to us as well when it says that his faith was thus ‘considered’; our faith too will be ‘considered’ if we believe in him who raised Jesus our Lord from the dead, Jesus who was put to death for our sins and raised to life to justify us.
Gospel
Luke 12:13-21
A man in the crowd said to Jesus, ‘Master, tell my brother to give me a share of our inheritance.’ ‘My friend,’ he replied, ‘who appointed me your judge, or the arbitrator of your claims?’ Then he said to them, ‘Watch, and be on your guard against avarice of any kind, for a man’s life is not made secure by what he owns, even when he has more than he needs.’
Then he told them a parable: ‘There was once a rich man who, having had a good harvest from his land, thought to himself, “What am I to do? I have not enough room to store my crops.” Then he said, “This is what I will do: I will pull down my barns and build bigger ones, and store all my grain and my goods in them, and I will say to my soul: My soul, you have plenty of good things laid by for many years to come; take things easy, eat, drink, have a good time.” But God said to him, “Fool! This very night the demand will be made for your soul; and this hoard of yours, whose will it be then?.” So it is when a man stores up treasure for himself in place of making himself rich in the sight of God.’
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