Monday of week 20 in Ordinary Time
Gospel – Matthew 19:16-22
“But when the young man heard these words he went away sad, for he was a man of great wealth”. This happened to the man who wanted to possess eternal life. This happened to the man who was keeping all the commandments. So what happened to this man who had the intention to have the eternal life and who has been keeping all the commandments? Why did he go away sad from Jesus? Because he had lot of wealth which he did not want to share. This is the truth. We can be following all the commandments, and we can be saying all the prayers, but we will not be close to Jesus. And we will be sad. Why? Because we are not ready to share what we have with the poor and needy. If we want to be close to Jesus, we must be close to poor and needy. It can happen also that even our prayers and devotions become a cover up not to be close to Jesus. If we are close to Jesus, we will be close to poor and needy. We will see the needs of others and we will share we have. If not, we are not close to Jesus. Let’s reflect: Am I close to poor and needy, and do I see their needs?
Don Giorgio