Spiritual wealth

SUMMARY: In today's world, many people are in a constant race to achieve personal well-being beyond mere subsistence. However, the economic crisis affects many, and there is a contradiction between those who have too much and those who have too little. Jesus reminds us that our life does not consist of the abundance of possessions, and material things cannot fill our spiritual void. Mother Teresa lived a life of absolute poverty, but her work delivering love and care to the dying and lepers brought immense happiness. To be happy and satisfied, we must abandon selfishness and fulfill the purpose for which God created us.

It is very difficult in this 21st century, to escape the unbridled race that most people have trying to achieve a personal well-being that goes beyond mere subsistence. Ultimately, we all need and have the right to a decent life where all our most legitimate needs and desires are satisfied. The economic crisis that has loomed over the world for several years, undoubtedly affects many . The worst thing is the enormous contradiction that exists on the planet between the millions who are dying of hunger, with hardly any possibilities of subsistence, and the other part of humanity, which although it has a lot, or has the possibility of obtaining it, is not satisfied with what who has and always wants more.

When Jesus tells us that man's life does not consist in the abundance of the goods he possesses, he does not mean that abundance is necessarily bad; nor that poverty is essentially good. "Misery has an ugly face" goes a saying frequently used among us and that expresses a tremendous truth. The same that Cubans repeat when, faced with our shortcomings and difficulties, too often we say: it is not easy.