Saturday of the Eleventh Week in Ordinary Time
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Today’s Reflection
Gospel: Mt 6:24-34
June 18, 2022 | Saturday
No one can serve two masters; for he will either hate one and love the other; or he will be loyal to the first and look down on the second. You cannot, at the same time, serve God and money.
Therefore, I tell you, not to be worried about food and drink for yourself, or about clothes for your body. Is not life more important than food; and is not the body more important than clothes? Look at the birds of the air; they do not sow, they do not harvest, and do not store food in barns; and yet, your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not less worthy than they are?
Can any of you add a day to your life by worrying about it? Why are you so worried about your clothes? Look at how the flowers in the fields grow. They do not toil or spin. But I tell you, that not even Solomon, in all his glory, was clothed like one of these. If God so clothes the grass in the field, which blooms today and is to be burned in an oven tomorrow, how much more will he clothe you? What little faith you have!
Do not worry, and say: What are we going to eat? What are we going to drink? or: What shall we wear? The pagans busy themselves with such things; but your heavenly Father knows that you need them all. Set your heart, first, on the kingdom and righteousness of God; and all these things will also be given to you. Do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own.
Today’s Reflection:
In today’s Gospel, Jesus teaches us something about trust. He compares us human beings to the birds and the wild flowers. They do not sow, they do not reap, they do not work not because they are lazy, but because they are limited by their own capacity. Because of that, all they can do is trust God to help them survive. Jesus tells us, “Are you not more than they?” Yes, obviously, we are more than them if we compare our own capacities. Above all, we are more than them because God loves us more than He loves the birds or the wild flowers. Today Jesus is saying to tell us, “You are more than the birds. You are more than the wild flowers because I love you more than I love them.” /Vulnerasti, 2022
