Study of the Readings
ed. by
Joyce Ann Zimmerman,
et al
• Words, Phrases
• To the point
• First Two Readings
• Experience
John Kavanaugh, SJ
The Sadness of Many Securities
Try as we may to channel our infinite desires into retirement plans, we are haunted by our fragile bones and blood. There is no insurance policy strong enough to prevent death.
John J. Pilch
The disciples are shocked to hear that the greedy rich have no advantage when it comes to dealing with God. “Who then can be saved?”
Whether he commands by a visible presence, or by a voice, or by our consciences, it matters not, so long as we feel it to be a command.
Dennis
Hamm, SJ
Wealthy people could build synagogues, help the needy, sponsor Temple sacrifices. If they could not be saved, who could?
Reginald H. Fuller
The renunciation of wealth is not an end in itself but only a
precondition for following Jesus.