If You Wish to be Perfect, Go, Sell What You Have

Making Friends With The Lord Jesus · Jan 16, 2025 · 14m

Jesus tells us in the gospel of today's mass the challenge we all face, namely, either to choose God or creatures, either to trust God at His Word or creatures with what they offer us. Jesus exemplifies this dynamic with His experience with the rich young man who asked Him what he needed to do to gain eternal life. Jesus asked him about the commandments, to which the man replied that he had followed them well. What else was lacking to him? Then,. Jesus challenged him to sell all he had and to come follow Him. To that proposal, the young fellow left sad, for he did not think he could part from…