Monday, June 22, 2015

Friday of the 11th Week in Ordinary Time, Cycle B - June 19, 2015

Friday of the 11th Week in Ordinary Time
June 19, 2015      8:30am


In our culture, it is easy to get caught up in the newest and the latest.
Today’s advertising really attracts us to this.
The result is that we can set our hearts and our eyes on the latest style shirts or jeans or even cars.
We can also get caught up in the expectation that everything should be easy.
Many of the shows on TV present an unrealistic picture of life where things are either easy or you quickly walk away from them.
The result is that we can set our hearts and our eyes on this expectation of things being easy.

There are problems with these ways of our culture.
The newest and the latest almost always lasts for only a short time.
Its attraction wears off quickly and we want something else.
And then, in truth, the easy life does not exist.
We will end up with a lot of wreaked relationships and half-done projects if we expect things to be easy.

So, it is important where we set our hearts and our eyes.
This is Jesus’ point today.
If we set our heart and eyes on the quality of relationships with one another and with God, instead of on the newest and the latest, then there will be a firm foundation in our lives.
And if we set our heart and eyes on the belief that life and fuller life will come from denial of self and even suffering, instead of on the expectation that everything should be easy, then there will be real fulfillment in our lives.

As Jesus says, there will be light.
We will have light.

We will be living in the light of the Lord.