This Sunday's Gospel is about a rich man who asks Jesus how he can inherit eternal life (Luke 18:18-27), and when Jesus told him to give his possessions to the poor, he went away sad. Jesus must have seen in his heart that he still has attachment to his wealth, and so asked him to give that up to follow Him. If we have attachments that would prevent us from following Him, then it would be hard as well for us to do as the rich man did. But Jesus also said that nothing is impossible with God, so let us pray that the Lord might help us in setting aside our attachments that hinder us from following Him. For He said that we must remain in Him as He is with us, and so if we trust Him and only focus on Him rather than those attachments that we have, then we will always be with Him, and win eternal life.
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