Gospel: Matthew 6:19-23
“The lamp of
the body is the eye. If your eye is sound, your whole body will be filled with
light; but if your eye is bad, your whole body will be in darkness. And if
the light in you is darkness, how great will the darkness be.”
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Reflection:
Would it be OK with us if we remain materially poor but spiritually rich? Yes, without any second thought, what are we to do with all the material things of this world if we have no God and if we are empty spiritually? Everything that we have is worthless no matter how expensive it is if we don’t have God in our lives.
Material possessions can fly away from our hands anytime; we have no hold on it. Material possessions also drive us away from God. It slowly but surely bring us away from our firm belief of God and we must be wary of this.
Material possession per see is not bad for the simple reason that it could really help us alleviate our wellbeing. But on the same vein we must not also allow it to take control of us. We must take control of material possessions and not material possessions controlling us.
Let us take a closer look at ourselves and reflect for there may be signs of enslavement of material wealth in favor of God. For example, if we sacrifice our time for God which is a few minutes in favor of our work, if we allow material wealth to corrupt us in favor of our love for God. Then these are sure signs that we allow material wealth to get hold on us rather than God.
Whether we
like it or not all of us will be at the threshold of mortal death someday.
Where shall we go then if all we do is to embrace the lifestyle of this world?
– Marino J. Dasmarinas
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