“Join together in following my example, brothers and sisters, and just as you have us as a model, keep your eyes on those who live as we do. For, as I have often told you before and now tell you again even with tears, many live as enemies of the cross of Christ. Their destiny is destruction, their god is their stomach, and their glory is in their shame. Their mind is set on earthly things. But our citizenship is in heaven. And we eagerly await a Savior from there, the Lord Jesus Christ, who, by the power that enables him to bring everything under his control, will transform our lowly bodies so that they will be like his glorious body. Therefore, my brothers and sisters, you whom I love and long for, my joy and crown, stand firm in the Lord in this way, dear friends! Philippians 3:17-4:1
“St. Paul says our end is the destruction of our true selves when we live for the things of this world. Our minds are occupied with worldly things rather than the good of others. When we act as good stewards, then there is good order in our lives. We seek first the kingdom of God in everything. We see everything as gifts to be used for the good of others. Do I ‘own’ everything I have or is God the true owner and I his faithful steward?”
Father Bill Adams in The Redemptorists of the Denver Province: Your Daily Scriptural Reflection – 5 November 2010 email.