“Give everything, do everything to attain the Aim”.I had this impression when I saw the women's soccer finals a week ago in TV, where Japan, “the small team” had won against the powerful team of United States. It was a fight to the end ...
By observing athletes, artists, researchers and scientists; we get this impression at large.
To achieve a goal you need a start and an end and a continuous work in between. The Modern psychology teaches that it must happen after a ‘success recipe’: a recipe with clear instructions is necessary.
It is just as we cook after a recipe. The first attempt must not succeed very well. But targeted - repetition can improve it lead us to achieve the goal.
Search for the kingdom of heaven needs a ‘success recipe’ with certain frames. The three different parables tell us so:
If you are looking tirelessly you will find the treasure.
Then not every one finds a treasure. A searching mind is preferred.
To distinguish a precious gem from other stones, one needs talent.
This talent is not inborn, but it is achieved after years of practice and learning. Luck and persistence are not enough for it.
Fish do not come into the net automatically.
Behind every successful catch there will be a story of long hours of hard work.
Success is no luck. It may not fall from the heavens. May be it is good for films and books. In reality it is a rare thing.
To reach heaven you need perseverance and diligence.
And more over real spiritual power.
There lived a Francis of Assisi, few centuries ago: he had everything - wealth and fame - as the son of a wealthy father;
But he decided to be poor for the kingdom of God, - to call God, ‘father’.
There lived a Mother Teresa in the streets of Calcutta; she renounced her better living chances to serve the poor and sick children in India.
There are certainly many people in our time, perhaps little known in the media or through people.
That's why we experience the church today in our world.
We feel in the church, the silent and uninterrupted work of such people.
And Jesus, his church needs such people to foster His kingdom and to proclaim and live His Word.
At the end of the Gospel, we hear a warning:
There will be a separation and a judgment between the good and the bad.
The ‘small and unimportant’ fishes represent less important dealings from our side. Finally only the most important works will be counted.
Jesus wants only to motivate us; to engage in possible good works.
One, who loses his opportunities in life, has to be sad at the end.
Then he may get that chance never again.
The Gospel invites us all to engage in ‘search’: go looking for the most important. Live the kingdom of heaven-oriented.
“Have a goal for your whole life, a goal for one section of your life, a goal for a shorter period and a goal for the year; a goal for every month, a goal for every week, a goal for every day, a goal for every hour and for every minute, and sacrifice the lesser goal to the greater” Leo Tolstoy formed such a rule of Happiness as he was 18 years.
I wish joy and happiness about the kingdom of heaven.
God bless us all. Amen!
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Fr Thomas Kalathil
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