A Brief Reflection:
9th Sunday after Pentecost
Sunday, August 11, 2019

"Sell your possessions and give alms."
St. Luke 12:33a

Wisdom for this Sunday from Anthony DeMello:

An example from ancient wisdom tradition [Buddhism]:

“This land is mind, these sons are mine” – such are the words of a fool who does not understand the even he is not his.

You never really possess things.  You merely hold them for a while.  If you are unable to give them away, you are held by them.

Whatever your treasure must be held in the hollow of your hand as water is held.  Clutch at it and it is gone.  Appropriate it to yourself and you soil it.  Set it free and it is yours forever.