<div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr">
<p style="margin:0px;font-family:roboto,"helvetica neue",helvetica,arial,sans-serif;line-height:27px;color:rgb(51,51,51)"><font size="2">Friends, in
today’s Gospel,<b><span style="background-color:rgb(208,224,227)"> a rich young man asks Jesus what he must do to inherit
eternal life. </span><span style="background-color:rgb(255,242,204)">There is something absolutely right about <span style="background-color:rgb(217,234,211)">the young man, </span>
something spiritually alive, and that is <span style="background-color:rgb(217,234,211)">his </span>deep desire to share in
everlasting life. <span style="background-color:rgb(217,234,211)">He </span>knows what <span style="background-color:rgb(217,234,211)">he</span> wants, and <span style="background-color:rgb(217,234,211)">he </span>knows where to find
it. </span></b></font></p>
<font size="2"></font><p style="margin:0px;font-family:roboto,"helvetica neue",helvetica,arial,sans-serif;line-height:27px;color:rgb(51,51,51)"><font size="2"><b><span style="background-color:rgb(208,224,227)">Jesus
responds</span></b><span style="background-color:rgb(255,242,204)"><b><span style="background-color:rgb(208,224,227)"> to </span>his wonderful and spiritually alive <span style="background-color:rgb(208,224,227)">question</span></b></span><b><span style="background-color:rgb(208,224,227)"> by enumerating
many of the Commandments. The young man takes this in and replies,
“Teacher, all of these I have observed from my youth.” So Jesus looks at
him with love and says, “Go, sell what you have, and give to the poor .
. . then come, follow me.” </span></b></font></p>
<font size="2"></font><p style="margin:0px;font-family:roboto,"helvetica neue",helvetica,arial,sans-serif;line-height:27px;color:rgb(51,51,51)"><font size="2"><b><span style="background-color:rgb(255,242,204)">God
is nothing but love, straight through, and therefore the life of
friendship with <span style="background-color:rgb(217,234,211)">him</span>, in the richest sense, is a life of total love,
<span style="background-color:rgb(217,234,211)">self</span>-forgetting love. Jesus senses that <span style="background-color:rgb(217,234,211)">this young man </span>is ready for the
high adventure of the spiritual life: <span style="background-color:rgb(217,234,211)">he </span>is asking the right question
and <span style="background-color:rgb(217,234,211)">he</span> is properly prepared</span></b>. <b><span style="background-color:rgb(234,209,220)">But<span style="background-color:rgb(255,242,204)"> </span></span><span style="background-color:rgb(255,242,204)">at this point</span><span style="background-color:rgb(217,234,211)"> the young man</span></b> <b><span style="background-color:rgb(234,209,220)">tragically
balks. </span><span style="background-color:rgb(255,242,204)">The spiritual life, at the highest pitch, is about giving <span style="background-color:rgb(217,234,211)">your
</span>life away, and this is why <span style="background-color:rgb(217,234,211)">the many possessions <span style="background-color:rgb(234,209,220)">are a problem</span></span><span style="background-color:rgb(234,209,220)">. <br></span></span></b></font></p><p style="margin:0px;font-family:roboto,"helvetica neue",helvetica,arial,sans-serif;line-height:27px;color:rgb(51,51,51)">
<i><font size="2"><span><b><span style="color:rgb(0,0,255)">Mi <u>Atyánk</u>,
aki a mennyekben vagy, szenteltessék meg a Te neved, jöjjön el a Te
országod, legyen meg a Te akaratod, amint a mennyben, úgy a földön is.
Mindennapi kenyerünket add meg nekünk ma és bocsásd meg a mi vétkeinket,
miképpen mi is megbocsátunk az ellenünk vétkezőknek, és ne vígy minket a
kísértésbe, de szabadíts meg a gonosztól. Mert Tiéd az ország, a hatalom és a dicsőség most és mindörökké. Ámen. </span></b></span></font></i>
</p>
</div>
</div>