Matthew 19: 20-23 (Tuesday, August 21, 2007)

Who then can be saved? Anyone who has made Jesus Christ the central part of his or her life. Jesus’ promise to his followers is that anyone who follows him would be saved. Sometimes we put our hearts so much on the earthly rewards that do not endure. So often people have told me how dumb I am that I chose a vocation to the priesthood rather than a career in the sciences where I will make money. People who think like this are thinking in worldly terms. I know that there is something beyond the world and that is my aspiration. It is more rewarding for me to build riches that would endure forever than those that are temporal. While everyone is not called to become a priest or religious, we are all called to give completely of our lives to God in our different professions. This means that you must bring your Christian values to whatever you do and be that difference.

Prayer:
Lord, help us to be the Christian difference in our different professions. Make out a way that we might truly live our Christian vocation in our place of work and become that difference you have called us to.