The more I contemplate God, the more God looks on me. The more I pray to him, the more he thinks of me too. (So) Rest is in Him alone. Man knows no peace in the world; but he has no disturbance when he is with God - Saint Bernard of Clairvaux.
My dear brothers and sisters in Christ, if we wish to attain heaven, we must be prepared to truly follow Christ by cutting off every and all things that will make us not attain the kingdom of heaven by resisting our evil inclinations. Then through sacrifice, give up things that are needed and that are dearest to our human nature and avoid the temptations of the devil.
My brothers and sisters in Christ, as Jesus reminded us in today’s gospel reading to be the last of all and the servant of all, if we wish to be first, let us become better servants and disciples of Christ by becoming true servants of all in our devotedness to God, in our obedience to Him, by being humble and by being honest in our service to Him and in our dealings with others.
My dear friends in Christ, saying “yes” to God entails loving Him and surrendering to Him by listening to His Word, accepting His Word, and putting His Word in practice. So let us say “no” to the world and “yes” to God like Joshua and Simon Peter in today’s readings, then firmly follow Christ by truly believing in Him and by showing the world that He has the words of eternal life and is indeed the Holy One of God.
