Ron Rolheiser
OMI
Amazement is not what Jesus wants and it is never something that does us good.
Gerald Darring
There is more to this story than renunciation of material possessions. Jesus does not tell the man simply to get rid of his possessions: he must sell them and give to the poor.
Anne Osdieck
Are possessions themselves the difficulty, or is it clinging to them? Or is the problem the inner drive to own and accumulate?