There is a saying, "Power corrupts, and absolute power corrupts absolutely." Today's Gospel text offers us something to ponder as we talk about power. One may ask why is it that we need to exercise power? Why does one have to be powerful?
In today's Gospel, we read about a meeting between Jesus and a young rich man. This man puts forth a question to Jesus, “What must I do to inherit eternal life?”
Jesus teaches us to look at issues from the mind of what God intended, not what is in vogue. Jesus rebukes the Pharisees to reconsider what is permitted with what God intended from the beginning.
