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    Maryknoll Society
    Aug 4 at 4:41 AM
     
     
    “You can’t take it with you!”
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    Dear Deacon Nguyen,

    Kingdom living is about being poor in spirit.
    “Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the Kingdom of heaven.”
    ~ Matthew 5:3
    We ended July with a reflection on what “thy Kingdom come” means in our Lord’s Prayer. This month, I will focus on how that Kingdom living plays out for us.

    The Sermon on the Mount—from which today’s verse comes—is a sort of “Kingdom manifesto”. And in this most wonderful sermon ever preached, Jesus teaches that “citizens” of the Kingdom of heaven are to be different from everyone else. They have different values than the rest of the world. They are “poor in spirit”…but what does that mean?

    When we come to God humbly and admit that we need forgiveness, we realize our poverty of spirit. It is then that He can fully bless us. Yet, when we emphasize possessions, we sacrifice our lives to “things” and can miss out on God’s blessing. While possessions are a part of life, when we’re not poor in spirit, they take over our lives.

    Dinh, we know what really matters in God’s Creation—a life of loving. It is indifference to possessions and compassion for others. It’s what gives birth to the “new life”, the Kingdom living of which Christ often speaks. Are we ready to put our spiritual pride and worldly possessions aside, and admit our need for God in our actual poverty? Or will we risk being “…the one who stores up treasure for himself but is not rich in what matters to God”? (Luke 12:21)
     
    Tune in to next week’s Journey of Faith for more of God’s riches on Kingdom living!
    Father Raymond J. Finch, M.M. Sincerely yours in Christ,
    Father Raymond J. Finch, M.M.
    Prayer for 18th Sunday in Ordinary Time
    I come before You, O Lord,
    with open hands to show
    my poverty and my needs
    but most of all, my readiness
    to receive from You
    Your many blessings and grace.

    I stand before You, O Lord,
    with open heart to love
    all You command me to love:
    my neighbor, my enemy, myself,
    the least of my brothers and sisters
    for only in loving these
    am I truly loving You, my God.

    I kneel before You, O Lord,
    with open mind to learn
    Your truth, Your justice,
    and Your way of life
    for only in following You
    will my hands, my heart, and my mind
    be filled with Your peace and joy.

    Amen.
    ~ Father Joseph R. Veneroso, M.M.
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