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Monday, January 30, 2012
The rich young man
A Catholic commenter said:
What Jesus proposes to the rich young man is not a hypothetical way of salvation which no one can actually achieve. Following the conversation, St. Peter asks (v. 27), "Behold, we have left everything and followed you. [I.e., we have done precisely what You just told the rich young man he must do in order to have eternal life.] What then shall we have?" Jesus tells him they will have eternal life. If the Apostles took this road to salvation, it is possible for men.
Jesus tells the rich young man, do X, and you will have eternal life. St. Peter says, we have done X, what will there be for us? Jesus answers, eternal life. It's not impossible. St. Anthony of Egypt did it, St. Francis of Assisi did it. Young men and women are still doing it today.
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