It All Comes Down to What You Value, by Joseph Reciniello

In Matthew’s Gospel, we hear how Jesus summoned the apostles, and what a motley crew they were: a tax collector, fishermen, with homes and families. Yet, not only did these twelve guys leave everything behind, they shook the very foundations of the world. To this day—2000 years later—statues, buildings, churches, and schools hold their names. Any objective person, including nonbelievers, can’t help but marvel at their accomplishments.

Our world today has a false impression of the clergy and the deeply religious. Often, before they were “called,” these people lived and thrived in the world. Some of them could very well be among the “most gifted”—people who, if they had chosen to stay “in and of the world,” would have had success and riches. Instead, something propelled them to give up what they could have had, ultimately to receive something much better. …

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