Subject: Daily Gospel Reading - Saturday, June 22, 2013

Weekday Gospel Reflection
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Weekday Gospel Reflection
Saturday in the Eleventh Week of Ordinary Time

Jesus told his followers:

24 “No one can serve two masters, for either he will hate the one and love the other; or else he will be devoted to one and despise the other. You can’t serve both God and Mammon. 25 Therefore I tell you, don’t be anxious for your life: what you will eat, or what you will drink; nor yet for your body, what you will wear. Isn’t life more than food, and the body more than clothing? 26 See the birds of the sky, that they don’t sow, neither do they reap, nor gather into barns. Your heavenly Father feeds them. Aren’t you of much more value than they?

27 “Which of you, by being anxious, can add one moment to his lifespan? 28 Why are you anxious about clothing? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow. They don’t toil, neither do they spin, 29 yet I tell you that even Solomon in all his glory was not dressed like one of these. 30 But if God so clothes the grass of the field, which today exists, and tomorrow is thrown into the oven, won’t he much more clothe you, you of little faith?

31 “Therefore don’t be anxious, saying, ‘What will we eat?’, ‘What will we drink?’ or, ‘With what will we be clothed?’ 32 For the Gentiles seek after all these things; for your heavenly Father knows that you need all these things. 33 But seek first God’s Kingdom, and his righteousness; and all these things will be given to you as well. 34 Therefore don’t be anxious for tomorrow, for tomorrow will be anxious for itself. Each day’s own evil is sufficient."

Matthew 6:19-23 - World English Bible

In these verses from Matthew, Jesus indirectly looped back to his teaching on alsmgiving (6:1-4) when he spoke of the importance of money. After all, if a disciple gave freely to the poor, what would he live on? The Lord presented the problem of money as a choice, desire for cash (Mammon) or desire for God. Obviously, he answered the dilemma in the phrase, "Don't worry." God cared for everything in his creation; the disciples stood at the top of divine providence. The alternative to a dependence on the divine led to anxiety and what good was that? It gained the disciple nothing. So, seek the Kingdom and a right relationship with God, then focus on the needs of the day. That would be enough for anyone.

Where is your spiritual focus today, on God or on your own agenda?

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