Scripture
Luke 12:34
Luke 12:32-48 or 12:35-40
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It has been said that one of the best tests of your religion is to find yourself in church with nothing less than a twenty dollar bill in your wallet.
The famous mythologist, Joseph Campbell, once said that people use the practice of religion as a means of avoiding true religion (the religious experience).
In today’s Gospel Lesson, Jesus announces the ultimate test of one’s status as a religious person:
Fear not, little flock, for it is your Father’s pleasure to give you the Kingdom … provide yourselves with purses that do not grow old, with a treasure in the heavens that does not fail … For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also (Lk. 12:32-34).
It is so hard, at times, to find words to describe the deep experiences of our common humanity. For example, who of us could ever find words to describe life’s greatest treasure: the experience of Jesus Christ coming into your heart; the…
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