Gospel: Matthew
7:21, 24-27
(Jesus said to his
disciples) “Not everyone who says to me, ‘Lord, Lord, will enter the Kingdom of
heaven, but only the one who does the will of my Father in heaven.
“Everyone who
listens to these words of mine and acts on them will be like a wise man who
built his house on rock. The rain fell, the floods came, and the winds blew and
buffeted the house. But it did not
collapse; it had been set solidly on rock. And everyone who listens to these
words of mine but does not act on them will be like a fool who built his house
on sand. The rain fell, the floods came, and the winds blew and buffeted the
house. And it collapsed and was completely ruined.”
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Reflection:
What will happen to
us if we always pray yet we don’t live our faith? For example we always pray
the Holy Rosary everyday or we go to Holy Mass every Sunday yet we don’t allow the
Holy Spirit to change us? We would easily succumb to worldly temptations and we
render useless our acts of worship for God.
The Philippines is a
catholic country, in fact more than eighty percent (80%) of us are Catholics
and the majority of our leaders are Catholics. yet corruption is deeply rooted
in our bureaucracy. Why is this so? This is for the reason that we are only
good at worshipping God but we don’t allow our worship for God to transform us.
What does Jesus want
from all of us? He wants us to worship Him and allow this same worship for Him
to transform us. So that we could become His true and faithful followers, it’s
very easy to pray so that others would see us. However, the real qualification
for us to be called a follower of Jesus is when we allow our worship for Him to
transform us.
What will happen to
us if we let our prayers to transform us according to the will of the Father in
heaven? We would be like a wise man who
built his house on rock. The rain fell, the floods came, and the winds blew and
buffeted the house. But it did not
collapse; it had been set solidly on rock (Luke 7:24-25).
Do we allow our
worship for God to transform us according to His will? - Marino J. Dasmarinas
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