“Where we go hereafter depends on what we ‘go after,’ here!”

We are all rich enough to share our blessings with others. God has blessed each one of us with wealth or health or special talents or social power or political influence or a combination of many blessings. Today’s Gospel parable invites us to share what we have been given with others in various ways instead of using everything exclusively for selfish gains. We need to remember that sharing is the criterion of Last Judgment. When we face that judgement day, Jesus will ask us how have we shared the blessings we have received from him (food, drink, home, mercy and compassion), with our brothers and sisters — anyone in need — for Jesus identifies himself with each of them. Look at the picture on the front cover of this bulletin. Which way does the scale tip in your life? Our choices here determine the kind of eternity we will have. It has been put this way: “Where we go hereafter depends on what we ‘go after,’ here!” Where we will arrive depends on what road we travel. We will get what we choose and what we live for. We are shaping our moral character to fit forever in one of two places.