At Mass Sunday our priest, Father Morris, gave a wonderful homily about priorities and salvation. He spoke of the Bible's take on material things and that, in and of themselves, material things mean nothing. But, if we put them above God, if we worry about them more than we worry about our salvation, our obedience to God, then material things can become a problem. Do we worry about our homes, our investments, our retirement? Do we worry about those things more than we worry about God and His plan for us?
His best analogy was that of Olympic athletes. He talked about how focused they are on winning a medal and how much they sacrifice to get there. They sacrifice their bodies, money, time with their friends, time with their families, but the end result is a Gold Medal and when asked, Gold Medal winners will always feel their years of toil and sacrifice were worth it.
We should treat our salvation in Jesus as Olympic athletes do their Gold Medals. What are we willing to sacrifice, to offer up for eternal salvation? Our bodies, our time with friends and family, our money?
It's made me think more about that. Made we think about how much worry I put into treasures on earth instead of treasures in heaven.
It made me think I need to change banks and start worrying about my heavenly deposits instead.
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Mary said at the Confirmation ceremony, the archbishop used the same example when talking to the kids.
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