What Happens When Christ Disrupts Our Comfortable Life

Send us Fan Mail In this homily, we reflect on Christ's encounter with the rich young man and a difficult question at the heart of the Christian life: What are we unwilling to give up in order to follow Christ? The rich young man had kept the commandments and genuinely desired eternal life. Yet when Christ asked him to sell what he possessed, give to the poor, and follow Him, he went away sorrowful. His wealth had become more than something he possessed—it had become something he could not i...