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It is not hard to be good when it does not cost one so much, to be generous when one has plenty to spare. I read from the book of Mark 10:17-30 about the man in the Gospel who runs to Jesus, full of enthusiasm and goodwill. Jesus looks at him with love and admiration. He sees in him a lot of potential and challenges him to aim higher. So Jesus asks the man to sell his possessions, give to the poor, and have his treasure in heaven. The rich man walks away sad from Jesus’ challenge.
I believe that Jesus is not telling us not to work and earn for our living or after the hard days work leave nothing for us. But instead Jesus cautions us about our attachment to material possessions. Money, work, earthly pleasures and possessions can possess us and imprison us. How many of us have lost our health, peace of mind, relationships, values, honor and even our very souls because of our greed and because of our insatiable pursuit for money.
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Karaniwang minana lamang natin sa ating mga magulang ang ating pananampalataya. Tunay nga ito ay isang malaking biyaya. Ibinabahagi nila ang pananampalatayang batid nilang makabubuti para sa atin. Gayun pa man, hinahamon tayo ng Panginoong Jesus na angkinin ang pananampalatayang ito. Hindi tayo maaaring mapako sa isang hiram na pananampalataya. Kailangang tumugon tayo sa hamon ni Jesus na harapin ang krus sa ating buhay. Sa pamamagitan ng katapatan at ganap na pakikiisa sa mga pagpapakasakit ni Jesus, mapapatunayan nating tayo nga ay tunay niyang mga alagad.
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In a reading from the Book of Numbers, Moses rejoices that, for the sake of Israel, God has given his spirit to the seventy elders, including two at a distance. He then invites Joshua to welcome, not resent, this manifestation of God’s generosity. This is the same openness that Jesus asks of his disciples in Mark 9:38-43, 45, 47-48.
A lot of mistakes have been committed by many of us with the alibi – “I just wanted to do what I thought was good.” Mark 9:38-43, 45, 47-48 gives us some categories to consider whenever we try to discern the goodness that we feel we are attracted to:
Real goodness goes with charity for all. Jesus rebuked John. It was wrong for him to seek exclusivity of doing good in the name of Jesus. Nobody can claim monopoly of God and his Spirit, together with goodness comes not just generosity, but magnanimity. Exclusivity come from an ego bloated with pride and self-preservation. Exclusivity comes from a subtle but dangerous tendency to claim the credit and title for good acts to oneself. Read the rest of this entry »
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In a reading from the Book of Numbers, Moses rejoices that, for the sake of Israel, God has given His spirit to the seventy elders, including two at a distance. He then invites Joshua to welcome, not resent, this manifestation of God’s generosity. This is the same openness that Jesus asks of his disciples in Mark 9:38-43, 45, 47-48.
A lot of mistakes have been committed by many of us with the alibi – “I just wanted to do what I thought was good.” Mark 9:38-43, 45, 47-48 gives us some categories to consider whenever we try to discern the goodness that we feel we are attracted to:
Real goodness goes with charity for all. Jesus rebuked John. It was wrong for him to seek exclusivity of doing good in the name of Jesus. Nobody can claim monopoly of God and his Spirit, together with goodness comes not just generosity, but magnanimity. Exclusivity come from an ego bloated with pride and self-preservation. Exclusivity comes from a subtle but dangerous tendency to claim the credit and title for good acts to oneself. Read the rest of this entry »
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by Bro. Ben Quiñones[1]
1. Towards a God-centered Economy
The paramount motivation of economic actors in the prevailing economy is personal accumulation of wealth. This motivation is rooted in man’s greed and self-centeredness, which is the same as saying that man is sinful. There is really nothing wrong with this realization as it agrees with biblical truth, but when it is translated into a system of belief postulating that man engages in economic activities for the purpose of personal wealth accumulation, then that belief system virtually justifies greediness and self-centeredness of man as an economic being.
In the present economic order, sin is made socially acceptable simply because the prevailing system of belief says that it is what motivates man to organize a market economy. When a legal system is created to support this belief system, then the pursuit of personal profit and wealth accumulation is legalized, and society establishes institutions to protect and preserve the established system.
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