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Confession

Saturday: 3:30 PM to 4:00 PM
Saint John the Evangelist - 627 Pike St

Daily Mass

Monday: 8:45 AM
Saint Ann - 1274 Parkway Ave

Tuesday: 8:45 AM
Saint Ann - 1274 Parkway Ave

Wednesday: 8:45 AM
Saint John the Evangelist - 627 Pike St

Friday: 8:45 AM
Saint John the Evangelist - 627 Pike St

"Teacher, all of these I have observed from my youth."

Mark 10:17-30

A father took his son camping and showed him the spot to clear for their tent. In the middle of the area there was a boulder. He told his dad he could not move the stone. His father asked, "Have you used all your strength?" The boy said he had. The father responded, "No, you haven't, you have not asked for my help." When faced with difficulties in life we often think we have done all we can, only to learn that there is something we failed to do. Such is the case of the young man who approached Jesus. He had kept all of the commandments that God gave Moses. He was a good man. But Jesus tells him to " Go, sell what you have, and give to the poor." He was telling him, and us, that we cannot be attached to anything that keeps us from "Loving our neighbor as ourselves." The young man walked away sad. He could not use his many possessions for others. Jesus did not run after him and offer him an easier way. Are we doing all we should to gain eternal life? Do we sometimes find it difficult? Have we asked God for help?

Your servant in Christ,

Fr. Mick Greer

November 18, 2018 7:30.