Meditation...

[Fiat_Voluntas_Tua]

Let none of us who see other people giving up great possessions say to ourselves: I should like to imitate people like these who have such contempt for the world, but I have nothing to give up. You give up much if you give up the desire to possess. The Lord looks at your heart, not your fortune; he considers the love that prompts your offering, not its amount. If we are going to weigh material goods, our holy traders gave their nets and boats to purchase the eternal life of the angels. The real value of that is beyond price, but for you its price is just what you possess. For Zaccheus it was worth half its fortune, since he kept the other half to restore fourfold whatever he had unjustly extorted. For Peter and Andrew it was worth the value of their nets and boat; for the widow it cost two small coins; another may buy it with a cup of cold water. As I said, the kingdom of God costs whatever you have.


Totus Tuus,
Andrew

[phatcatholic]

that's cool. i never thought about the price of the nets and boats that Peter and Andrew gave up so that they could follow Jesus.

another example in the bible that proves the point of the meditation is the woman who anoints Jesus body with fine oils/perfumes, and the apostles complain b/c that oil could have been sold at a high price.