Selling All

Seventeenth Sunday in ordinary time (A)

Selling all

The gospel and the first reading really touched me. 

I learnt from Solomon to seek the only necessary thing considering also the good of others. (1 Kgs 3:5, 7-12) 

-Maturity in prayer moves from "God do for me" to "what can i do for you God", it seeks the source, the giver, the fountain which never runs dry and not the gift which eventually would finish one day. 

- To seek the giver necessarily would make me give up and sell all my purpose, plans, dreams, belongings, occupation, weakness and sins to gain the treasure in clay.

- As we celebrate, may we seek first his kingdom and righteousness and be conformed to Christ's image, though unworthy may Christ who calls us transform, justify and glorify us. Amen (Rom 8:28-30

Good morning. Happy Sunday 

Friar Gerald Nwogueze