DETACH FROM YOUR PROBLEM

 *Saint Pius X, Pope* 

 

Monday of week 20 in Ordinary Time


First Reading. Judges 2: 11-19

Psalm. 106: 34-37, 39-40, 43-44 (R. see 4ab)

Gospel. Matthew 19: 16-22


TOPIC FOR REFLECTION


 *DETACH TO ATTACH* 


IF YOU ARE ATTACHED TO YOUR PROBLEM, YOU WILL NOT SEE GOD. 

DETACH FROM YOUR PROBLEM AND ATTACH TO GOD WHO CAN SOLVE THE PROBLEM.


In life, some are attached to pride and detached from humility. 

Those who are attached to their pride are romancing the devil, while those who are attached to humility are for God


In today's Gospel, Jesus told the young man who came to Him, and has seen the sincerity of his heart that he had kept the commandment of God faithfully; told him to go sell all he have to follow Him.

The young man could not withstand the teaching, because he find it difficult to detach from what he had to attach to Jesus. 


My dear, this should let us know that, it is not all about all going to church every day, praying and fasting, but lacking detachment from what we possess, it will be difficult to attach to Jesus completely. 


We all know what we are attached to.

Some are attached to time

Some are attached to money

Some are attached to fashion

Some are attached to houses

Some are attached to fame

Some are attached to the title

Some are attached to social life

Some are more attached to their physical body than  their soul

Some are attached to beauty 

Some are attached to pleasure

Some are attached to power

Some are attached to a wealth of various categories.

Some are attached to vain and worldly comments.

Some are attached to their cars

Some are attached to many unimaginable things 


The worst is that SOME ARE ATTACHED TO THEIR PROBLEMS, and it distracts them from serving God faithfully. 


If you are attached to your problems, who owns you, and who owns your problems?

Why not hand over you and your problems to God?

If you allow your problem to control you and do not allow yourself to serve God faithfully, will you not at the end blame yourself, God forbid, if one ends in hell fire?


My dear, in a nutshell, use your tongue to count your teeth.


What are you attached to, what am I as a person attached to?


Whatever we find difficult to let go, is what we are attached to.

Whatever we can not sacrifice for the sake of another person is an attachment.


Finally, whatever our minds are fixed on and which distracts us when praying, fasting, or does not allow us to do charity, is what we are attached to.


Sit down and think about what distract you from serving God faithfully.


 *Peace ✌️ be with you.* 


 *Rev. Fr. Segun Oladeji, CRS.* 


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