Gospel: Luke
10:17-24
The
seventy-two disciples returned rejoicing and said to Jesus, “Lord, even the demons
are subject to us because of your name.” Jesus said, “I have observed Satan
fall like lightning from the sky. Behold, I have given you the power ‘to tread
upon serpents’ and scorpions and upon the full force of the enemy and nothing
will harm you. Nevertheless, do not rejoice because the spirits are subject to
you, but rejoice because your names are written in heaven.”
At that
very moment he rejoiced in the Holy Spirit and said, “I give you praise,
Father, Lord of heaven and earth, for although you have hidden these things from
the wise and the learned you have revealed them to the childlike. Yes, Father,
such has been your gracious will. All things have been handed over to me by my
Father. No one knows who the Son is except the Father, and who the Father is
except the Son and anyone to whom the Son wishes to reveal him.”
Turning
to the disciples in private he said, “Blessed are the eyes that see what you
see. For I say to you, many prophets and kings desired to see what you see, but
did not see it, and to hear what you hear, but did not hear it.”
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Reflection:
What does
Jesus require from us so that we could know Him deeply? Childlike trust and
confidence in Him, we will not know Jesus if we rely on ourselves no matter how
educated we are.
No matter
the volumes of books that we have read about Jesus and our faith and no matter
how many degrees we have finished about our faith. It would still not be enough
because we have no childlike trust in Him.
When we
have childlike trust before Jesus this simply means that we rely on Him and not
on ourselves. And we entrust our lives in Him and not entrust it in our hands.
When we begin to trust Jesus, He also begins to open and equip our minds with
knowledge that is not available to those who do not trust Him no matter how
intelligent they may be.
The seventy-two
disciples came back from their very fruitful mission of spreading the good news
about Jesus because they had childlike trust in Jesus. And therefore the power
of Jesus reigned on them.
Let us
take the risk of having a childlike trust in Jesus for this is a risk worth
taking. - Marino J. Dasmarinas
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