M a r c h 2 , 2 0 1 4
(Catholic Diocese of Evansville)
12300 S 50 W • Haubstadt, Indiana 47639
St. James
Catholic Church
8th Sunday in Ordinary Time
"Is not life more than food and the body more than clothing?"
The anti-anxiety message Jesus gives us today...
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M a r c h 2 , 2 0 1 4
(Catholic Diocese of Evansville)
12300 S 50 W • Haubstadt, Indiana 47639
St. James
Catholic Church
8th Sunday in Ordinary Time
"Is not life more than food and the body more than clothing?"
The anti-anxiety message Jesus gives us today is not just ancient pop
psychology. The point of this passage isn't to give us a "strategy" for coping with our fears. Jesus is proposing something much more profound.
He is teaching us how to eliminate our fears altogether. To put it simply,
he tells us to get our priorities straight. This whole reflection on worrying culminates in the instruction to "seek first the kingdom of God and
his righteousness." That's where our freedom lies. When we concern
ourselves with being in right relationship with God, our other concerns
melt away.
Deep down, we know that this life isn't about bodily health or
comfort. Those things don't last anyway. But freedom from fretting is
more than simply thinking about how it'll all work out--eventually--in
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