“Truly I tell you,” Jesus replied, “no one who has left home or brothers or sisters or mother or father or children or fields for me and the gospel will fail to receive a hundred times as much in this present age: homes, brothers, sisters, mothers, children and fields–along with persecutions–and in the age to come eternal life. Mark 10:29-30
“Jesus gave up home and family and possessions in order to bring us the Good News of God’s love. We are called to proclaim God’s love by freely sharing what God has freely given us. This generosity is a sacrifice to the Lord and he will always respond with even greater generosity to us. Jesus proclaims that our ability to receive is determined by our willingness to give.”
Fr. Bill Adams in The Redemptorists of the Denver Province, daily spiritual reflection email on 1 March 2011.