READINGS:  1st Reading: Judges 2:12-19: The Lord appoints judges to rescue the men of Israel.

Resp. Ps 106: O Lord, remember me out of the love you have for your people.

Gospel: Matthew 19:16-22: If you wish to be perfect, go and sell what you own.

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REFLECTION

We all know that no one is perfect. We are bound to make mistakes one way or the other. However, Jesus says that we can achieve perfection. How? if we can have the spirit of detachment. If we can seek the things that are above not the temporal things of this passing world. As Christians do we profess that we have attained perfection, or to have been so chastened that the rod has taken all our wilfulness out of us? Ah,that is pride indeed! if we could but see ourselves! Look back, believer: think of your doubting God when he has been so faithful to you—think of your foolish outcry of “Not so, my Father,” when he crossed his hands in affliction to give you the larger blessing just like he sent judges to help Israel; think of the many times when you have read his providences in the dark, misinterpreted his dispensations, and groaned out, “All these things are against me,” when they are all working together for your good! Think how often you have chosen sin because of its pleasure, when indeed, that pleasure was a root of bitterness to you! Surely if we know our own heart we must plead guilty to the indictment of a sinful folly; and conscious of this “foolishness,” we must make David’s consequent resolve our own- O Lord, remember me out of the love you have for your people and the covenant-keeping God will answer and keep his promise. Amen.

Have a nice day!

OSHO