Do You Want to Be Truly Wise?

Making Friends With The Lord Jesus · Oct 12, 2024 · 12m

Wisdom is to be sought after more than anything else in this life, according to the first reading of the mass today. The gospel puts this principle into live action. A young wealthy man was concerned about reaching eternal life. This is a wise concern. If he sought his existential purpose only in this life, this would be most unwise because we were made not for this world but for the next. We might as well be prepared for it. Then, the gospel specifies Jesus' requirement of selling all he had and give to the poor the proceeds. Then, freed from the bonds of financial possessions, he could…