Friday of the Twenty-fourth Week in Ordinary Time
“Pursue righteousness, devotion, faith, love, patience, and gentleness. Compete well for the faith. Lay hold of eternal life.” St. Paul says this to Timothy in our first reading. He also says that we should avoid getting rich because the love of money is the root of all evils. This means if you love money more than God, then you are already caught in Satan’s power! Satan causes “envy, rivalry, insults, evil suspicions, and mutual friction among people with corrupted minds, who are deprived of the truth.” Satan wants nothing more than to trick us into doing these things. For example, I am a Missouri boy and there is nothing more I want than the conversion of Kansas, that they may see the light! (kidding)
But in all seriousness, Jesus wants us to love one another and be unified as one body in Him. Is there a way you can do that for someone, either by prayer or by visiting someone? I hope so—Jesus loves a cheerful giver!
Reflection by Br. Maximilian Burkhart, OSB
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