Friday of the Eleventh Week in Ordinary Time
Robbers will generally go straight to the master bedroom when they enter a house because they know that people keep most of their valuables in their personal rooms rather than out in the more public areas of the house. In those public areas, our valuables are more vulnerable to accidents or to covetous eyes. So we store them in the heart of the house, where fewer people will see or touch them.
The things that we treasure most are the focus of our thoughts. We worry about them and try to protect them from those who would steal or harm them. All of our material possessions, however, will eventually break, or fade away, or be lost. None of them will last forever. That is why Jesus encourages us to dismiss our concerns for material possessions. After all, occupying our thoughts with concerns for what will be lost is a waste of our time and energy. Whereas, if we focus on what will never fade or be lost—that is, the life that is to come—then our energies will not go to waste.
Reflection by Fr. Victor Schinstock, OSB
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