In this week's edition of There's more in the Gospel than meets the eye, Jill
Bevilacqua and Seàn-Patrick Lovett bring us readings and reflections for the twentyeighth
Sunday of the Year. Listen: GospelMk 10:17-27
As Jesus was setting
out on a journey, a man ran up, knelt down before him, and asked him, "Good
teacher, what must I do to inherit eternal life?" Jesus answered him, "Why
do you call me good? No one is good but God alone. You know the
commandments: You shall not kill; you shall not commit adultery; you
shall not steal; you shall not bear false witness; you shall not
defraud; honor your father and your mother." He replied
and said to him, "Teacher, all of these I have observed from my youth." Jesus,
looking at him, loved him and said to him, "You are lacking in one thing. Go,
sell what you have, and give to the poor and you will have treasure in heaven;
then come, follow me." At that statement his face fell, and he
went away sad, for he had many possessions.
Jesus looked around and
said to his disciples, "How hard it is for those who have wealth to
enter the kingdom of God!" The disciples were amazed at his words. So
Jesus again said to them in reply, "Children, how hard it is to enter the
kingdom of God! It is easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle than
for one who is rich to enter the kingdom of God." They were exceedingly
astonished and said among themselves, "Then who can be saved?" Jesus
looked at them and said, "For human beings it is impossible, but not for
God. All things are possible for God.”