What to remember about the property?

Have property, and be secure. All this is very necessary nowadays. It is specific material security in the life of each one of us, which is essential, but not the most important. We often put all our hope and trust in security. But can it make us truly happy? Are we satisfied with our lives? Do we feel secure?

In our pursuit of possessions, we typically forget about ourselves, our neighbors, and, last but not least, God. We have no time for anything. We do not have time for our possessions.
Has become a god. It has wholly darkened our minds. But the problem is not that we have great possessions. The problem is that we don’t know how to use the valuable goods that God has given us properly. They go wrong whenever man makes them objects of worship and subjects himself to them. But these gifts can also be holy when we turn them into instruments for doing good in the Christian role of justice and love.

Material goods are themselves goods that are meant to benefit not only us but the whole society in which we live. Man can either have God as his goal, which he achieves even through material things if he uses them as a means to earn salvation, or he can set up riches as his goal, with multiple desires for luxury, comfort, and possession of things, and thereby exclude himself from the true joy of possessing God.

There are essential and less essential or secondary things in life. It was important for the passengers of the Titanic to know that the ship was sinking. Many laughed at this at first and blithely played on with their cards. But after a while, it became fatal to them. They forgot they were on a ship.
Our life is also like one big ship where we must not forget that our life has a mission, a goal. Our goal is to be Christ. On Him, we must focus all our hope and love. He is the actual value that determines our whole life because no other value surpasses it, and in no additional value, there is no salvation.

Those who set their hearts on earthly goods will miss the opportunity to meet the Lord. Jesus reminds us, “You cannot serve both God and mammon” (Mt. 6:24). Thus, man’s true goal cannot be merely self-enrichment and the accumulation of goods. This would lead to a great impoverishment of our person. And perhaps even to the loss of salvation. Moderation in the possession and enjoyment of goods gives the Christian both human and supernatural maturity.

Man is also to sanctify himself through the use of these material gifts. Therefore, let us thank God for all He has given us, but also ask for the gift of grace so that we may know how to use these material goods and incorporate them into God’s great plan of salvation.