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And if you give me an answer, then I will tell you by what authority I do these things. Jesus answered them, 'I will also ask you a question, only one. Jesus had entered the Temple and was teaching, when the chief priests, the teachers of the Law and the Jewish authorities came to him, and asked, 'What authority have you to act like this? Who gave you authority to do all this?' A star shall come forth from Jacob, he rises with a staff in his hand he shatters the forehead of Moab and tears down all the sons of Sheth. Thank you.Then Balaam pronounced his oracle: 'Word of Balaam, son of Beor, the seer, the one who hears the words of God, who has knowledge from the Most High, and sees the vision of the Almighty, in ecstasy, with eyes unveiled.

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If you are interested to receive the Free Daily-Homily, you may subscribe below. Do we want to be with God or are we slaves of money?Ībout Me Name: F O O D F O R T H O U G H T Location: Bacolod, Philippines, Kingston, New York, United States God cannot work miracles in our hearts if we are unwilling. Let us ask ourselves today: can we detach ourselves, not from the basic needs for our daily living, but from our surplus? Can we detach ourselves from it and offer it to God, to Jesus, for the poor? If we cannot, then we are no different from the rich man mentioned in yesterday's gospel. We are the rich and therefore - we are people at risk in Jesus' eyes. The rich man in yesterday's gospel is a perfect example.Īs mentioned in yesterday's reflection, those who are the rich are those who have steady work, secure jobs, assured incomes, comfortable homes, healthy food … all that in a country where the vast majority of the people live below the poverty line. We pass so easily from the possession of riches to being unwittingly or perhaps knowingly possessed by them and then not even God can free us of our slavery. God was powerless to work a miracle in the rich man's heart. The miracle Jesus tried to perform - separating the rich man from his wealth - failed. More to the point, as you will recall, in yesterday's gospel Jesus was unable to work a miracle in the heart of the rich man who wanted to become his disciple. Mark, `Jesus was unable to perform miracles there, aside from curing a few sick people. Let us recall the time Jesus went back to his hometown. Well, as we remember yesterday, that's not always true, there are limitations on God's miracle-making power. Or: the apostles were so startled by what Jesus said, that they asked, 'then who can be saved?' To ease the Apostles' anxiety Jesus immediately softened his words: 'with God all things are possible.' In other words, it'll take a miracle to save a rich man, but God can work miracles. This sort of thing: oh, it's just Jesus making use of hyperbole or exaggeration, the sort of thing the Jews of his day loved to use and hear. Jesus says in today's gospel, 'It`s easier for a camel to pass through a needle's eye than for a rich man to enter the Kingdom of Heaven.' Some of us may have the tendency to over rationalize when we hear this statement. Today's gospel reading invites us to make a reflection very similar to yesterday's reflection.