And when he had gone out onto the road, one person, having run up to him and having knelt before him, asked him : ‘Good teacher, what must I do in order to receive the life of the new age?’
But Jesus said to him ‘Why do you say “good”? Nobody except God is good. You know the commandments: “Do not murder.” “Do not commit adultery.” “Do not steal.” “Do not bear false witness.” Do not cheat. “Honour your father and mother.”
And he said to him: ‘Teacher, I have kept myself from all these from my youth.’
Jesus having looked directly at him, loved him and said to him: ‘One thing you lack, go, whatever you have sell, and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven, and come, follow me!
But shocked because of the saying, he left, sad.
For he had many possessions.
God, give me grace to accept with serenity
the things that cannot be changed,
Courage to change the things
which should be changed,
and the Wisdom to distinguish
the one from the other.
Living one day at a time,
Enjoying one moment at a time,
Accepting hardship as a pathway to peace,
Taking, as Jesus did,
This sinful world as it is,
Not as I would have it,
Trusting that You will make all things right,
If I surrender to Your will,
So that I may be reasonably happy in this life,
And supremely happy with You forever in the next.
Amen.