Over the period of Covid19 level 4 lock down everyone has had opportunity to reflect on what is "essential." This, of course, varies for everyone but for Catholics we regard Eucharist and prayer as essential. This is the case even if the civil government regards it as irrelevant. There are many needs, physical, mental and spiritual that occupy our minds. The Gospel today gives us a warning about what is most important: "Do not fear those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul; rather fear him who can destroy both body and soul in hell." (Mtt 10: 28) Without our faith and the hope it offer us as well as the joy it brings us we have no purpose or meaning. This meaning is founded on the love of God and his plan for each one of us. Without it all our earthly possessions are of no value. Have you ever reflected on what it is like to pack up your loved one's possessions after his or her death? They have no value in the absence of the one you loved except as relics to be treasured of the relationship you shared. St Paul tells us: "So we do not lose heart. Even though our outer nature is wasting away, our inner nature is being renewed day by day. For this slight momentary affliction is preparing us for an eternal weight of glory beyond all measure, because we look not at what can be seen but at what cannot be seen; for what can be seen is temporary, but what cannot be seen is eternal." (2 Cor 4: 16-18)
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