+ In the gospel passage today Jesus makes it clear that possessions do not lead to everlasting life; belief in him does, and living like one believes in him does; but not possessing things, or rather having things possess us. When our focus is not set as much as possible entirely on God – then we are out of focus! When people, places or things cloud, distort or even remove our focus from God, then we are in great danger of losing our place in heaven.
As we heard in the first reading today, God is with those who have detached themselves from their possessions, those who have few possessions, and those who must trust in God because there is nowhere else to turn. God will do great things for such people to see that they are protected from harm and to see they get what they need in this life and in the next!
It is up to us then to accept the peace and the joy and the hope that comes from trusting in God as he desires us to trust in him. Even rich people can enter heaven if they know the secret password to get in: and that password is: DETACHMENT, full-focus and full trust and confidence in God's eternal mercy, grace and compassion!
The Lord speaks of peace to his people! Can we hear him speaking "peace" to us?
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