“We have left everything and followed you.” Mk. 10:28-31

The disciples have just witnessed Jesus’ encounter with a very rich young man, a good person, with a desire for perfection, whom Jesus looked at with special affection. To his question about eternal life, Jesus responds with a request: to let go of so many things and to start walking with him. But the young man was not able to take that step, the Master asked too much. Peter interferes and says to Jesus: “We have left everything and followed you.” Jesus’ response is encouraging: “You will receive a hundredfold of what you have left…” but He warns: it will not be easy; those who believe themselves to be good and worthy of God’s rewards will not be the first to receive them. These gifts are reserved for the little ones, those who have felt in need of God and have sought Him.