Editor & Spiritual Director
My brothers and sisters, let us always participate prayerfully and actively in the celebration of the Eucharist because true and authentic participation in the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass, identifies us with Jesus’s Heart, sustains our strength along the pilgrimage of this life, makes us long for eternal life, and unites us even now to the Church in heaven, the Blessed Virgin Mary, and all the saints.
So like the Letter to the Hebrews tells us today, let us not abandon the struggle we face in being disciples of Christ in the world today, but let us persevere in running the race that lies before us while keeping our eyes fixed on Jesus, our leader and the perfecter of our faith who endured the cross and despised its shame so as to take His seat at the right of the throne of God for our redemption and salvation.
My brothers and sisters in Christ, wealth to the world is the accumulation of money, but true wealth in the sight of God, is the accumulation of grace. True wealth is stored in one’s soul because it is measured in the exercise of virtue and in the amount of love we have for God and for our neighbor. So let us store up true wealth for ourselves by performing good works, by practicing charity and by living out Christ’s message to love one another as He has loved us.