Tuesday, May 8, 2018
Youcat commented through CCC – Question n. 467 – Part I.
(Youcat
answer) “Though he was rich, yet for your sake he became poor, so that by his
poverty you might become rich” (2 Cor 8:9).
A deepening through CCC
(CCC
2544) Jesus enjoins his
disciples to prefer him to everything and everyone, and bids them
"renounce all that [they have]" for his sake and that of the Gospel
(Lk 14:33; cf. Mk 8:35). Shortly before his passion he gave them the example of
the poor widow of Jerusalem who, out of her poverty, gave all that she had to
live on (Cf. Lk 21:4). The precept of detachment from riches is obligatory for
entrance into the Kingdom of heaven. (CCC 2555)
Christ's faithful "have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires"
(Gal 5:24); they are led by the Spirit and follow his desires.
Reflecting and meditating
(Youcat comment) Young people, too, experience inner
emptiness. But experiencing this sort of poverty is not just something bad. I
simply have to seek with my whole heart the one who can fill my emptiness and
make wealth out of my poverty. That is why Jesus says: “Blessed are the poor in
spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven” (Mt 5:3).
(CCC Comment)
(CCC
2545) All Christ's
faithful are to "direct their affections rightly, lest they be hindered in
their pursuit of perfect charity by the use of worldly things and by an
adherence to riches which is contrary to the spirit of evangelical
poverty" (LG 42 § 3).
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