… Faith gives life a new basis, a new foundation on which we can stand, one that relativizes the habitual foundation, the reliability of material income.
They could abandon it because they had found a better ‘basis’ for their existence-a basis that abides, that no one can take away. So much was “taken away from Christians in the course of persecution,” he said, but they “stood firm, though, because they considered this material substance to be of little account. Pope Benedict wrote in his encyclical on Christian hope ( Spe Salvi) that the first Christians and the martyrs were able to be plundered of their property, their goods, their livelihoods and even their life because they had a “better and abiding possession” (Heb 10:34).
1999 SAINT ANDREW DAILY MISSAL FULL
The following points were attempted in the homily: To listen to an audio recording of today’s homily, please click below: Andrew Kim Taegon and Companions, Martyrs Monday of the 25th Week in Ordinary Time, Year I Visitation Mission of the Sisters of Life, Manhattan