Tuesday,
March 8th
Jesus
said, "How hard it is
for the wealthy to enter to
enter the Kingdom of God!"
Luke
18:24
All this world's wealth
is for service and enjoyment
- for everyone. Wealth of
all kinds is to be shared
- it is a charge and condition
of ownership . And as it
is shared and used in the
Father's service so does
it ennoble and enrich the
person or community dispensing
it. Riches bring spiritual
poverty unless invested
in the Father's projects
and people according to
His leading. How poverty-stricken
many people are in the Western
nations who give themselves
in totality to the heaping
up of wealth and possessions.
How can they be so blind,
how live and work in such
unrewarding circumstances
piling up wealth and possessions
which have no value for
their inner life? They are
small, immature people ,
even many who are leading
their people in political
and social areas.
How can the outlook of
our time be changed, Lord?
By the prayer and dedication
of those who have seen the
light and who have themselves
offered all they have as
well as all they are. Let
all the Father's dedicated
children daily offer all
that they have and all that
they are to the Father that
he may extend and consolidate
His Kingdom in and through
their love and self-giving.