Gospel:
Luke 9:18-22
Once when
Jesus was praying in solitude, and the disciples were with him, he asked them,
“Who do the crowds say that I am?” They said in reply, “John the Baptist;
others, Elijah; still others, ‘One of the ancient prophets has arisen.’” Then
he said to them, “But who do you say that I am?” Peter said in reply, “The
Christ of God.” He rebuked them and directed them not to tell this to anyone.
He said,
“The Son of Man must suffer greatly and be rejected by the elders, the chief
priests, and the scribes, and be killed and on the third day be raised.”
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Reflection:
If Jesus
would ask us, who am I to you? How would we answer Him? Would we answer based
on what we know about Jesus or we answer Him in a much profound manner like you
are my Lord and my God and I feel your abiding presence in my life everyday.
We must
not limit our knowledge about Jesus to what we read or up to what only our
minds would feed us. We must dive deeper than that in such a way that Jesus is
already part and parcel of our daily lives. This only means that we read and live His teachings.
We become
more productive followers of Jesus if we read and live His teachings because
this would open us to a much deeper intimacy with Him. If we only read or hear
and we don’t live His teachings our discipleship is lacking in substance.
We have
to know Jesus and then we have to live Jesus these two (Know and live Jesus)
must always go together. For it will help us endure the many trials/even
sufferings that we would be facing as we exist in this world.
Do you live the teachings of Jesus? - Marino J. Dasmarinas
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