Naturally and Spiritually
Poor in Spirit?
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"It is easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle than for one who is rich to enter the Kingdom of God" (Matthew 19:24).
Most of us find truth in the saying, "You can't take it with you." But it's hard to pay heed to it when we're so busy yearning. The gap between God's kind and loving grace and our fixation on vain, earthly treasures is enormous - the two just don't mix. It's not wrong to have success and riches, but we aren't able to fix our minds on God while basking in the delight of our possessions or in clinging to the prospect of having them. In fact, Jesus tells us it's impossible, "For human beings this is impossible, but for God all things are possible" (Matthew 19:26).
Because we were made out of nothing by the power of God, it's impossible for us to do His Holy Will without Him, yet with the help of His grace, we're able to conform our lives to do His will because He gives us all we need to thrive, not just subsist in this world of desire.
It's true, there's no one "thing" we can take with us, but what we will take are the riches God gives us for accepting His offer of divine friendship - the kind of riches we attain now that stay with us forever.
'Consider the shortness of time, the length of eternity and reflect how everything here below comes to an end and passes by. Of what use is it to lean upon that which cannot give support?' - St. Gerard Majella
Elizabeth
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About the Author
Elizabeth Tichvon is a Catholic writer and Consecrated Marian Catechist under the Direction of His Eminence Raymond Leo Cardinal Burke. Always faithful to the Magisterium, she spreads and defends the Catholic faith as a true witness of Christ, confessing the name of Jesus boldly, never ashamed of the Cross.
Elizabeth became aware of the need for the New Evangelization while in the two years of her formation as a Marian Catechist and wrote over 200 published meditations on Sacred Scripture from the daily Liturgy of the Word for various Catholic websites, and following Jesus' example, now teaches through her own parables so that by sharing her stories through social media, might bring others closer to the heart of Christ. She is currently a regular columnist at Catholic365 and as a Marian Catechist, her spiritual life is the foundation of her writing.
She completed UCLA's Graduate Program With Honors and worked as a Paralegal for 32 years before retiring from Chrysler's Office of the General Counsel in Auburn Hills, Michigan.
