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Sunday – Ordinary Time – Week 29 – Year B

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Sunday – Ordinary Time – Week 29 – Year B

Apparently there are 7.4 billion people in the world, and we are the servants of all of them. It can be a bit overwhelming to think about. If we gave one penny to each person, we would need 70.4 million dollars. If we gave each person one second of our time, we would need to live 14,400 years. The temptation is to consider it impossible and to give up before getting started. If God had made us purely physical beings, it would be impossible. But because we are spiritual beings, a single work, for example a prayer, has the capacity of reaching all.

Sunday – Ordinary Time – Week 28 – Year B

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Sunday – Ordinary Time – Week 28 – Year B

Many of us don’t know what truly makes us happy, and even if we know, we are tempted to choose other things. Take for example the choice of food at each meal. How many of us are tempted to put more on our plate than we should eat? Some of us make the same mistake thousands of times in our lives. That is why we have the expression, “Our eyes are bigger than our stomachs.” When we put more in our plate than can fit in our stomachs, instead of feeling “fed” and energized, we feel bloated and tired. That’s the temptation of the amount, but what about the temptation of type? Which foods do we put on our plates? When there are vegetables, fruits, and meats; which do we choose? Whatever has the most grease? Whatever has the most sugar? We know that to truly feel good at the end of a meal, we have to eat a properly ordered diet; is this true with the totality of our lives?