Scripture of the Day --- Mark 10: 17-27 -- [Selection based on the Daily Office Lectionary in the Book of Common Prayer] And as he was setting out on his journey, a man ran up and knelt before him, and asked him, "Good Teacher, what must I do to inherit eternal life?" And Jesus said to him, "Why do you call me good? No one is good but God alone. You know the commandments: 'Do not kill, Do not commit adultery, Do not steal, Do not bear false witness, Do not defraud, Honor your father and mother.'" And he said to him, "Teacher, all these I have observed from my youth." And Jesus looking upon him loved him, and said to him, "You lack one thing; go, sell what you have, and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven; and come, follow me." At that saying his countenance fell, and he went away sorrowful; for he had great possessions. And Jesus looked around and said to his disciples, "How hard it will be for those who have riches to enter the kingdom of God!" And the disciples were amazed at his words. But Jesus said to them again, "Children, how hard it is to enter the kingdom of God! It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter the kingdom of God." And they were exceedingly astonished, and said to him, "Then who can be saved?" Jesus looked at them and said, "With men it is impossible, but not with God; for all things are possible with God." (RSV)
[Comment: For the Christian the message of this passage in as follows --- It is virtually impossible to enter the kingdom of God through one's good works alone. Our best hope is the grace of God, which is earned (as we are told elsewhere in the scriptures) through faith in Christ as one's savior and maintaining a relationship with him through prayer and worship.]
Word of the Day --- coronary -- 1) surrounding like a crown --- used especially to characterize the arteries surrounding the heart; 2) an event in the coronary arteries --- e.g. a "heart attack"
Place of the Day --- Borrano, Abruzzo, Italy -- 42°46'57"N, 13°42'01"E - a small village about 33 miles NE of the provincial capital L'Aquila and 87 miles N of Roma (Roma) the capital of Italy.
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