Our Real ID
We have various ID’s, emblems, membership cards, passports that indicate membership of organizations, clubs, or citizenship.
What identifies our membership or citizenship of the Kingdom of God?
Today, Jesus tells us that our membership of that Kingdom is to love God and to love our brothers and sisters.
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What to ask
The request made by James and John, and the reaction from the other disciples expose their ambition. It is such an opposite with the way of Jesus, who “came to serve and to give his life as a ransom for many.”
Jesus thus comments to James and John, “You don’t know what you are asking.”
Similarly, we do not always know what to ask for in prayer.
We should first ask for an ever deeper appreciation of Jesus’ self-sacrificing love for us. Then, we would know to pray for what we each need to imitate Jesus in his way of service.
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Treasure in Heaven
Jesus sets the price for “treasure in heaven.”
The question is probably not “How much is it worth?”
It is worth everything and more.
Therefore, Jesus still asks us, “Are you ready for what it might cost you to have this “treasure in heaven”?
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“From the Beginning”
Our lives have challenges and difficulties. At times, we say, “It’s not supposed to be like this.”
So does Jesus.
He affirms us the goodness of the original plan that God has for God’s children and for all creation, “from the beginning.”
We must be realistic as we live the realities of daily life, with its blessings and challenges. At the same time, let us not forget God’s plan “from the beginning.” Let us keep striving for the fulfilment of God’s plan for each of us and for all of God’s creation.
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