August 18 - Tuesday of the 20th Week in Ordinary Time, Year II
(Ez.28:1-10; Dt.32:26-28,30,35-36,39; Mt.19:23-30) “Only with difficulty will a rich man enter the kingdom of God.” Yes, “close at hand is the day of their disaster, and their doom is rushing upon them!” – those like the prince of Tyre who are “haughty of heart, and say, ‘A god am I! I occupy a godly throne in the heart of the sea!’” What condemnation they mount up for themselves, those who by their “great wisdom applied to [their] trading… have heaped up [their] riches,” for “the most barbarous of nations… shall draw their swords… [and] run them through [their] splendid apparel.” These shall…
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