Lifeissues is mainly concerned with publishing thoughtful articles directly related to issues raised in Evangelium Vitae. However, from the very beginning, we have also published a few related homilies, notably by Fr. Al Cariño, O.M.I., Fr. Tony Pueyo, and others.
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We have here a changed and reversed situation. The tax collector voluntarily gave away his wealth. He taxed himself. The short man became tall in God’s eyes. The outcast was welcomed into the community, “Salvation has come to this house today, for this man, also is a descendant of Abraham” (v.9). This story is a paradigm of the process of discipleship: seeking, meeting, undergoing conversion, and following.
Wisdom goes out looking for anyone who desires her; she anticipates those who look for her, and this means that if a person is not wise, if a person lacks the wisdom of God, it is because they don't desire to find her, for if they did, wisdom would have found them immediately.
When a Roman tax collector goes looking for Jesus, Jesus already was looking for him. And Jesus had terrific news to give him. In our day, we must find ways to look for that same Savior, who already is looking for us. Finding him will be our greatest treasure.