Reflection on the WORD Dear friend in the Lord, False Hopes and Foolishness: In today’s Gospel, Jesus exposes the foolishness of those who build their hopes and dreams on the assumption that they are going to live to a ripe old age. However, the reality is that we may die anytime! How vigilant have we been in living our faith or have we been too presumptuous about the length of our life? Lk 12:15-21 Reflection Jesus said to the crowd, ‘Watch, and be on your guard against avarice of any kind, for life does not consist in possessions, even when someone has more than he needs.’ Then he told them a parable, ‘There was once a rich man who, having had a good harvest from his land, thought to himself, “What am I to do? I have not enough room to store my crops.” Then he said, “This is what I will do: I will pull down my barns and build bigger ones, and store all my grain and my goods in them, and I will say to my soul: My soul, you have plenty of good things laid by for many years to come; take things easy, eat, drink, have a good time.” ‘But God said to him, “Fool! This very night the demand will be made for your soul; and this hoard of yours, whose will it be then?” So it is when someone stores up treasure for himself instead of becoming rich in the sight of God.’
Posted on: Mon, 21 Oct 2013 00:20:41 +0000
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