Jesus continues to teach on Christian's priorities and fidelity. Henceforth, he says, “No man can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other, or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other”.

Jesus wants our loyalty to God to be undivided. It is impossible to place ultimate priority on two things at the same time. One must be more important and at the service of the other.

Jesus is not diabolizing money, but that he re-centers the place and role of everything in life. God is Creator and our ultimate goal. We must always be loyal and faithful to God. Money is only a means and shall never be an end. It should always be sought or used in fidelity to God's guidance.

Usually slaves depend on their masters to provide everything. Being devoted to money cannot provide you everything. Yet being devoted to God gives you All.

Finally, the demands of having two masters will always compete until you give the ultimate priority to one. So, Jesus concludes that a person can not serve both God and money.

Teach me, O Holy Mary to be faithful to God.

Pax Christi

Fr. Georges sac