Radical surrender and giving up all to follow Jesus: The camel and the eye of the needle – reflections from Msgr. John Esseff

Summary: (http://www.discerninghearts.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/Msgr.-John-Esseff6-256x300.jpg) Msgr. Esseff shares some of the experience from the on-going seminarian retreat in Cleveland, OH. He reflects on the gospel reading which presents the teaching of Jesus about how it is easier for a camel to pass t(http://www.discerninghearts.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/Come-follow-me-300x198.jpg)hrough the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter into the Kingdom of Heaven. What are we to make of that? How attached are we to our "things" and money? What holds us bound? How do we obtain authentic freedom? What is the unique surrender of the priest? What is the gift?