No Money Changers In Heaven

It seems that we can’t do much without money, therefore we’ve got to make money to survive and provide for our families.  In Jesus’ day the money changers in the temple were trying to make a living but at other peoples expense.  Jesus became poor by coming to earth and taking on human flesh in order that we may become rich (Cf. 2 Cor. 8:9).  This richness consists not in possessions or earthly treasure but in a treasure that is imperishable (Cf. 1 Peter 1:4).

People Changers

Heaven is full of people changers.  They are the ones who followed the way of the cross and gave their lives in the service of Christ and His Church.  They are the ones who denied themselves took up their crosses and followed Jesus (Cf. Mt. 16:24) and those who lost their lives so as to gain it in the next (Lk. 17:33).  They truly are the ones who brought change through the witness of their lives and their concern for the needs of others.

Let us pray for one another and ask for God’s strength, God’s blessings, God’s grace to be the people changers we are called to be!

A Prayer of Saint Alphonsus Liguori

 0 my God, help me to remember –
That time is short, eternity is long.
What good is all the greatness of this world at the hour of death?
To love You, my God, and save my soul is the one thing necessary.
Without You, there is no peace, no joy.
My God, I need fear nothing but sin.
For to lose You, my God, is to lose all.
0 my God, help me to remember –
That to gain all I must leave all,
That in loving You I have all good things: the infinite riches of Christ and His
Church, the motherly protection of Mary,
peace beyond understanding, joy unspeakable!

Eternal Father, your Son has promised that whatever we ask in His Name will be given to us. In His Name I pray: give me a burning faith, a joyful hope, a holy love for Jesus Christ. Give me the grace of perseverance in doing Your will in all things. Do with me what You will. I repent of having offended You. Grant, O Lord, that I may love You always and never let me be separated from You.  O my God and my All, make me a saint!