1 Timothy 6:2-12 / Luke 8:1-3
If we are to make a wish-list, just what will be on that list?
Of course, there are so many things we wish to have because in life there is so many things that we want.
Certainly we wish for luxury and pleasure, we want to enjoy life, we want to be served, and the wish-list goes on and on.
Not often would we say that we are contented and satisfied with what we have in life.
But as it is often said, a rich person is not one who has everything but the one who is contented and happy with what he has.
And St. Paul says this in the 1st reading: Religion does bring large profits, but only to those who are contented with what they have.
He also reminds us that we brought nothing into this world, and we can take nothing out of it.
In the gospel, Jesus and the Twelve went about preaching the Good News of the kingdom in the towns and villages.
With them were a group of women who provided for them out of their own resources.
For that group of women, it is not a wish-list, but a give-list.
They continued to give and provide for Jesus and His disciples, and God in turn provided for them.
Yes, God will provide for us too. We need not wish for anything.
Rather let us give to those in need, and God will bless us with contentment in life.