Monday of the Twenty Seventh Week in Ordinary Time ‘b’

LK 10:25-37

“There was a scholar of the law who stood up to test Jesus and said, ‘Teacher, what must I do to inherit eternal life?’” We know what Jesus told him. He shared with this scholar of the law a parable about the Samaritan who helped a stranger. However, what struck me in this gospel reading is the fact that the scholar of the law asked that very important question - “what must I do to inherit eternal life?” In other words - how to live that I may go to heaven. So, I am thinking about how many times I ask that question? And you? Do you ask that question? Do you wonder what else to do to go to heaven? Perhaps, there is something else we should do to improve our relationship with God and our neighbor. Don’t be afraid. But keep asking the Lord this very essential question - what to do, Jesus, to inherit eternal life? Please open my eyes and help me to see.