Thanks For The Memories

The pastor of a Church in the South of France looked down at the small sprinkling of coins in the collection basket. He turned to the congregation and said, “My brothers and sisters, earlier today when I arrived at Church, I looked at all those fine cars in the Church parking lot and asked myself, ‘My God, where are the poor?’ Now, having seen the collection basket, I wonder, ‘My God, where are the rich?'”

The amount you put in the collection basket can be a measure of your gratitude for life and all its blessings — one way of saying, “Thank you, Lord!” But what really matters is the level of sincerity behind your gift. Unfortunately, when it comes time to sincerely thank God for the experience of His caring, loving, healing presence in our life, many of us often seem ready to change the subject — as Jesus reminds us in today’s Gospel Lesson.

As Jesus is travelling to Jerusalem along…