Gospel
text (Mathew 19,16-22): A
young man approached him and asked, «Master, what good work must I do to
receive eternal life?». Jesus answered, «Why do you ask me about what is good?
Only one is Good. If you want to enter eternal life, keep the commandments».
The young man said, «Which commandments?». Jesus replied, «Do not kill, do not
commit adultery, do not steal, do not bear false witness, honor your father and
mother, and love your neighbor as yourself». The young man said to him, «I have
kept all these commandments, what is still lacking?». Jesus answered, «If you
wish to be perfect, go and sell all that you possess and give the money to the
poor and you will become the owner of a treasure in heaven. Then come back and
follow me». On hearing this answer, the young man went away sad for he was a
man of great wealth.
Our God is all love and truth, who asks from us humility and forgiveness. Our God is the only living God. He has the word of eternal life. Observing the process of the current protests in the Middle East and many other places in the world by the so called followers of Islam, presumably outraged because they do not like what is being presented in a film about their prophet; it is interesting to distinguish that factual truth, about what is missing in the whole staging of these protests and it is precisely, truth, love, humility and forgiveness and it is not precisely from the ignorant mobs perpetrating the assaults under the direction of their evil leaders, but from the ones supposedly protecting the basic and fundamental freedoms we all in the western civilization which is founded in Christianity, have for granted.
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