Father Martin’s take on the parable of the rich young man (Mark 10 17-30). For years I’ve read the passage with a furtive sense of guilt, thinking, I’m the rich young man. I’m always holding on to something. I can never quite measure up. Father Martin points out that years after becoming a priest, and reading the passage dozens of times, at last he noticed the one short phrase at verse 21 “Then Jesus, beholding him, loved him.”
Jesus looked at the rich young man with love. That changes everything. Jesus isn’t mad at the rich young man. He looks at him with love. All over again, I’m reminded that we’re works in progress. For the thousandth time, I remember There’s always hope.
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