Saturday, January 28 : Saint Ambrose

You are a jailor of your wealth, not its owner, you who bury your gold in the ground (cf Mt 25,25); you are its slave and not its master. Christ said: “Where your treasure is there also your heart will be” so it is your heart you have buried. Rather, sell your gold and buy salvation; sell what is metal and acquire God’s Kingdom; sell the field and purchase for yourself eternal life. In saying this I am speaking the truth because I am relying on the words of him who is Truth: “If you wish to be perfect, sell what you have and give to the poor and you will have treasure in heaven” (Mt 19,21). Don’t be cast down by these words lest the same thing be said to you as to the rich young man: “It will be hard for one who is rich to enter the Kingdom of Heaven” (v.23). Still more, when you read this sentence, consider that death can snatch these possessions away from you, that the aggression of someone powerful can carry them away. At the end of the day you will have seen no further than insignificant goods in place of great wealth; these are no more than a treasure of coins rather than treasures of grace. By their very nature they perish rather than remaining for ever.

Roman Extraordinary (Tridentine) Daily Readings – rosary,team