+ We have two interesting
readings from Scripture today. In the first reading St. James is
encouraging the rich to change their ways that will only lead to death and
destruction for them. Their riches are ill-gotten – taken maliciously from
those poor they have cheated out of what is rightfully theirs. You who have
lived high off the land at the expense of others will be doomed on the last
day. Repent before it is too late! This certainly applies to the rich and
powerful in this own our day and age.
The gospel passage relates how all are called to a similar detachment
from those things that contribute to a false sense of self, and misguided
interactions with people. We must
willingly mortify our senses, so that we can better identify with and engage in
a helping and useful manner with our true brothers and sisters in Christ:
those who depend upon him entirely for everything, and who understand the
necessity of being “salted with fire” – that is “purified by the fire of the
Holy Spirit. Jesus tells the disciples that their salt is good and must not
become insipid or flat. You must keep
salt in yourselves so that you will have peace, true peace, with one another!
So, as we move forward into our day today, may we receive the word of God, not as the word of men, but as it truly
is, the word of God! Amen. Alleluia!
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