✨ Word of Life — 22 June 2026 Share What We Have Some possessions become valuable because of the memories attached to them. Yet sometimes the greatest value of an object is the good it can do for someone else. Chiara Lubich puts this conviction in striking terms: "The rich do not sin because they are rich, but rather they sin because they do not use their wealth according to God's will. What they have inherited or possess is theirs only in as much as they are obliged to distribute it to their brothers and sisters in need." This is a demanding teaching. Not — give away everything you have. But — recognize that what you possess was never meant to terminate in you. "If we are Christians and members of one body, then everything we have must circulate. If not, it would be like blocking the flow of blood into one member of the body in order to enrich another part. It would mean death for both of them." This image is medically precise. A body that hoards blood in one organ starves every other organ — and eventually, even the organ doing the hoarding begins to fail. Generosity is not a moral extra. It is the circulatory system of the Body of Christ. "Generosity becomes more meaningful when we share not only what we can spare, but also what we value. What we hold too tightly can no longer help anyone. Even the finest violin fulfills its purpose only when it is placed in someone's hands." This connects deeply to today's Gospel. Jesus warns us about the beam in our own eye — the thing we cannot see because we are too close to it, too attached to it, too unwilling to examine it honestly. Possessions can become exactly this kind of beam. We hold something so tightly that we lose the ability to see clearly what it could do in someone else's hands. Saint Thomas More, whose feast we honour today, understood this in the most extreme way. He held the highest office in England — and let it go rather than betray his conscience. He understood that some things we possess are not truly ours to keep at any cost. What we hold too tightly — whether power, wealth, or a single cherished object — can no longer serve anyone, including ourselves. 📖 "Give, and it will be given to you... the measure you use will be measured back to you." — Luke 6:38 🙏 Prayer to Share Generously Heavenly Father, teach us to hold our possessions with open hands. Help us recognize the needs of others and share generously, trusting that love grows whenever it is given away. Amen. A prayer a day, keeps the soul from drifting away. 💬 Live the Word Today — find one object you have been holding too tightly, and give it to someone who needs it more than you do. #WordOfLife #ShareWhatWeHave #ChiaraLubich #RiseWithTheWord