What good is it for a man to gain the whole world, yet forfeit his very soul?
What good is it for a man to gain the whole world, yet forfeit his very soul?
—Mark 8:36
This is the question I am always asking a lot lately. I loved the Bible readings and messages today in the Catholic mass for today. It is so true, so many never worry about their souls, just things of this world. I know some neighbors and family who are so concerned with having their house so perfect, a manicured golf course yard, wash their cars three times a week, always putting on airs of things of this world, yet do not seem to think about their souls, and getting into Heaven and making that the real priority. How sad! The same people that care about things of this world, are the ones using the F word nonstop, smoking pot, living for things of this world, but not thinking about living to save their souls. We are told in the mass readings today to seek first the Kingdom of God and His righteousness! This is what we should be doing, saving our soul. We need to turn from sin, love all people, and follow Jesus. Today so many people make so many excuses for sin and hate, trying to justify it all, but they forget love always wins over hate. We need to stop all the hate and sin. It is all about following Jesus, being like Him, reflecting, forgiving, imitating, and loving like Him, instead of hating and judging which we see so many today doing. It is so sad to see all the hate today in our world. So many with TDS, so many who do not want any law or order, who care more about smoking pot, swearing using the F word every other word from their mouths, we need to save our souls, we need to love all people like Jesus Christ, stop living being blinded by hate, stop breaking the law, living for things of this world, and make getting into Heaven our number one priority in life. For ever I will maintain my love for my servant Jesus who died for all our sins out of love! Jesus Christ became poor although he was rich, so that by his poverty you might become rich, but rich in things not of this world, but life eternal in Heaven with Him!
Saturday of the Eleventh Week in Ordinary Time
Lectionary: 370
Reading 1
After the death of Jehoiada,
the princes of Judah came and paid homage to King Joash,
and the king then listened to them.
They forsook the temple of the LORD, the God of their fathers,
and began to serve the sacred poles and the idols;
and because of this crime of theirs,
wrath came upon Judah and Jerusalem.
Although prophets were sent to them to convert them to the LORD,
the people would not listen to their warnings.
Then the Spirit of God possessed Zechariah,
son of Jehoiada the priest.
He took his stand above the people and said to them:
"God says, 'Why are you transgressing the LORD's commands,
so that you cannot prosper?
Because you have abandoned the LORD, he has abandoned you.'"
But they conspired against him,
and at the king's order they stoned him to death
in the court of the LORD's temple.
Thus King Joash was unmindful of the devotion shown him
by Jehoiada, Zechariah's father, and slew his son.
And as Zechariah was dying, he said, "May the LORD see and avenge."
At the turn of the year a force of Arameans came up against Joash.
They invaded Judah and Jerusalem,
did away with all the princes of the people,
and sent all their spoil to the king of Damascus.
Though the Aramean force came with few men,
the LORD surrendered a very large force into their power,
because Judah had abandoned the LORD, the God of their fathers.
So punishment was meted out to Joash.
After the Arameans had departed from him,
leaving him in grievous suffering,
his servants conspired against him
because of the murder of the son of Jehoiada the priest.
He was buried in the City of David,
but not in the tombs of the kings.
Responsorial Psalm
R. (29a) For ever I will maintain my love for my servant.
"I have made a covenant with my chosen one,
I have sworn to David my servant:
Forever will I confirm your posterity
and establish your throne for all generations."
R. For ever I will maintain my love for my servant.
"Forever I will maintain my kindness toward him,
and my covenant with him stands firm.
I will make his posterity endure forever
and his throne as the days of heaven."
R. For ever I will maintain my love for my servant.
"If his sons forsake my law
and walk not according to my ordinances,
If they violate my statutes
and keep not my commands."
R. For ever I will maintain my love for my servant.
"I will punish their crime with a rod
and their guilt with stripes.
Yet my mercy I will not take from him,
nor will I belie my faithfulness."
R. For ever I will maintain my love for my servant.
Alleluia
R. Alleluia, alleluia.
Jesus Christ became poor although he was rich,
so that by his poverty you might become rich.
R. Alleluia, alleluia.
Gospel
Jesus said to his disciples:
"No one can serve two masters.
He will either hate one and love the other,
or be devoted to one and despise the other.
You cannot serve God and mammon.
"Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life,
what you will eat or drink,
or about your body, what you will wear.
Is not life more than food and the body more than clothing?
Look at the birds in the sky;
they do not sow or reap, they gather nothing into barns,
yet your heavenly Father feeds them.
Are not you more important than they?
Can any of you by worrying add a single moment to your life-span?
Why are you anxious about clothes?
Learn from the way the wild flowers grow.
They do not work or spin.
But I tell you that not even Solomon in all his splendor
was clothed like one of them.
If God so clothes the grass of the field,
which grows today and is thrown into the oven tomorrow,
will he not much more provide for you, O you of little faith?
So do not worry and say, 'What are we to eat?'
or 'What are we to drink?' or 'What are we to wear?'
All these things the pagans seek.
Your heavenly Father knows that you need them all.
But seek first the Kingdom of God and his righteousness,
and all these things will be given you besides.
Do not worry about tomorrow; tomorrow will take care of itself.
Sufficient for a day is its own evil."
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