Reading and meditation on the Word of God, Friday of the 18th week in ordinary time, August 7, 2020

La Porta | Renungan Harian Katolik - Daily Meditation according to Catholic Church liturgy · Aug 6, 2020 · 6m

Reading by Michelle Salim (Jakarta) and meditation by Andrew Lazaro (Jakarta)

IF LIFE CAN BE EXCHANGED

Our meditation today has the theme: If Life Can Be Exchanged. The exchange of goods in the past was done in a barter system, for example, it was occurred when bananas were brought from mountains zone in order to be exchanged with fish from beach zone. However, times have changed and the exchange system also changed, and so it is no longer the activitiy of exchanging goods, but buying goods. We use money to buy goods in markets and shopping centers.

Can a person be bought or exchanged in this…