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February 28, 2006 (Tuesday of the 8th Week in Ordinary Time)
Readings: 1 Pt 1:10-16/Mk 10:28-31
There is a mistaken notion going around that if we opt to serve God and seek the happiness of heaven, then we must be resigned to being unhappy on earth. This is not helped at all by some people who purport to serve God on earth, but go about it grudgingly and sadly. The gospel today belies that notion. Jesus told the apostles that those who have left all for the sake of the gospel will receive a hundredfold of what they have given up, "not without persecution, now in the present time" together with heaven later on.
The truth of the matter is that the happiest people, even on earth, are those who have opted to serve God generously. St. Francis, who lived a radical poverty, felt like the owner of the entire universe. Those persons who decide to live a chaste and pure life for love of God are happier than the slaves of lust. God cannot be outdone in generosity. Like a good father, he wants his children to be truly happy in every way. But he does not want us spoiled, so we must also count on difficulties. Yet difficulties are compatible with deep joy and contentment.
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