Your Father is pleased to give you the kingdom

“Do not be afraid any longer, little flock, for your Father is pleased to give you the kingdom. Sell your belongings and give alms. Provide money bags for yourselves that do not wear out, an inexhaustible treasure in heaven that no thief can reach nor moth destroy. For where your treasure is, there also will your heart be.” (LK 12: 32-34)

Those who recognize their complete dependence on God, not on material possessions, are chosen ones. Their hearts are protected by God, and they will find “treasure in heaven that no thief can reach nor moth destroy.” That kind of dependence could be difficult for us, so Our Lord also takes care of this—“do not be afraid any longer, little flock, for your Father is pleased to give you the kingdom.” From our side we give trust and dependence; from Him come all the benefits, like fathers do for their children.

“Stay awake and be ready! For you do not know on what day your Lord will come.” (Gospel Acclamation)