This week’s Mass readings keep circling the same theme: wealth. The rich young man who walks away sad. The camel and the eye of the needle. The landowner paying wages. Each of these will hit us differently depending on where we are in life.
I’ve had seasons where things were tight — financially uncertain, professionally unstable, not sure how it was all going to work out. In those moments, the question that kept coming up was simple: who are you trusting? When the security isn’t there, you find out pretty quickly where your trust actually lives.
But I’ve also had seasons where things were going well. Some ideas started to land. A little more stability, a little more success. And I found the question didn’t go away — it just changed shape. It became less about trust and more about worth. Where do I find my worth? In the success? In what I’ve built? In the stability itself?
I think that’s actually two different ways these Gospel stories can reach us.
When times are hard, they ask us: who are you trusting?
When times are good, they ask us: where are you finding your worth?
Let us pray. Lord, help us to trust in You alone — in plenty and in want. And remind us that our worth comes from You, not from anything we could ever earn or own. In Jesus’ name. Amen.
Keep fighting the good fight. Our Lady of Victory, pray for us.
