Let me begin today with excerpts from the poem “About the
Irish”, a link to the entire poem is at the end of this reflection. It begins with a question, “What shall I say about the Irish?”
It ends with this answer, “But mostly he’s Irish In love with his God.”
Think about where your treasurer is? Is it in things or in God? St. Francis deSales wrote in the Introduction
to the Devout Life, “There is
a difference between possessing poison and being poisoned. Pharmacists
keep almost every kind of poison in stock …, yet they are not themselves
poisoned because it is merely in their shop, not in their bodies. So, too, you can possess riches without being
poisoned by them if you keep them in your home, purse or wallet, but not in
your heart.” (Part III, Chap.
III)
Wealth, riches, possessions can lead us away from a God-centered
life, not because they are bad in themselves BUT they fool us into thinking the
wealth we have is ours. Our wealth is a
gift from God, what we do with our wealth is our gift to God! “All
things are vanity.” The author of Ecclesiastes tells us that the purpose of
human life (enduring happiness), and that is only found in God. The quality of our lives will ultimately be
measured in how we reflect God’s love, mercy and compassion to the world, on
how we reflect God to God’s people.
May
God Be Praised!
About
the Irish:
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