13 Oct 2024
Sell What You Have
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For 13 October 2024, 28th Sunday in Ordinary Time, based on Mark 10:17–22
As Jesus was setting out on a journey, a man ran up and knelt before him, and asked him, ‘Good Teacher, what must I do to inherit eternal life?’ Jesus said to him, ‘Why do you call me good? No one is good but God alone. You know the commandments: “You shall not murder; You shall not commit adultery; You shall not steal; You shall not bear false witness; You shall not defraud; Honour your father and mother.” ’ He said to him, ‘Teacher, I have kept all these since my youth.’ Jesus, looking at him, loved him and said, ‘You lack one thing; go, sell what you own, and give the money to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven; then come, follow me.’ When he heard this, he was shocked and went away grieving, for he had many possessions.
Scripture passage from the New Revised Standard Version Bible: Catholic Edition, copyright 1989, 1993, Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Used by permission. All rights reserved.
14 October 2024 @ 2:51 am
Thank you for reminding me the hurts and grudges can be what I am “treasuring” and trying to squeeze through that needle!
14 October 2024 @ 10:49 am
Thank you, Kathleen, for your words of wisdom today. It is good to see your face and remember Canton, OK and the Cheyenne and Arapaho….
JoAnn Fleischaker, OP