“What day is it?" It's today," squeaked Piglet. My favorite day," said Pooh.”
Gospel Text: (MT 6:24-34)
Jesus said to his disciples:
“No one can serve two masters.
He will either hate one and love the
other,
or be devoted to one and despise the
other.
You cannot serve God and mammon.
“Therefore I tell you, do not worry
about your life,
what you will eat or drink,
or about your body, what you will
wear.
Is not life more than food and the
body more than clothing?
Look at the birds in the sky;
they do not sow or reap, they gather
nothing into barns,
yet your heavenly Father feeds them.
Are not you more important than they?
Can any of you by worrying add a
single moment to your life-span?
Why are you anxious about clothes?
Learn from the way the wild flowers
grow.
They do not work or spin.
But I tell you that not even Solomon
in all his splendor
was clothed like one of them.
If God so clothes the grass of the
field,
which grows today and is thrown into
the oven tomorrow,
will he not much more provide for you,
O you of little faith?
So do not worry and say, ‘What are we
to eat?’
or ‘What are we to drink?’ or ‘What
are we to wear?’
All these things the pagans seek.
Your heavenly Father knows that you
need them all.
But seek first the Kingdom of God and
his righteousness,
and all these things will be given you
besides.
Do not worry about tomorrow; tomorrow
will take care of itself.
Sufficient for a day is its own evil.”
«Therefore, do not worry about
tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of
its own.» (Mt 6:34). What does that mean? Try, today, to live equitably,
according to the logic of the Kingdom, with trust, simplicity, seeking God,
with reckless abandon. And God will take care of the rest...
Day by day. It is very important!
If tomorrow we must cope with more
difficult situations, God will increase His grace. God's grace is given every
moment, day by day. To live in the present moment means to accept weakness:
to give up redoing the past or to dominate the future, to be contented by the
present.
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