Gospel: Mark
1:14-20
After John had been arrested, Jesus came to
Galilee proclaiming the Gospel of God: This is the time of fulfillment. The
Kingdom of God is at hand. Repent, and believe in the Gospel. As he passed by
the Sea of Galilee he saw Simon and his brother Andrew casting their nets into
the sea; they were fishermen. Jesus said to them, “Come after me, and I will
make you fishers of men. Then they left their nets and followed him. He walked
along a little farther and saw James, the son of Zebedee, and his brother John.
They too were in a boat mending their nets. Then he called them. So they left their
father Zebedee in the boat along with the hired men and followed him.
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Reflection:
There’s a saying that death is like a thief
in the night it comes to us when we least expect it. What if for example death
surprisingly visits us at night? What would happen to our soul? Where would we
end-up? We don’t know when death will come to us, we don’t also know what
will happen to us and where would we end-up. Only God with His infinite wisdom
knows about it.
In the gospel Jesus calls for repentance
and belief in His gospel message. What is the relationship of death to Jesus call of repentance and fidelity to the gospel? Since death is unpredictable Jesus prepares us for this eventuality anytime by calling for our repentance
and belief in His gospel message.
This call of repentance of Jesus is not a
once in a lifetime call. This is a lifetime call of Jesus for us. He calls us to
repentance for as long as we live. For He knows all about our sinfulness; even the
sin/s that nobody knows except us, Jesus knows about it also!
What if we don’t heed this call of
repentance of Jesus? We then continue to sin we continue to allow the devil to
get hold of us and this is very frightening! For the devil will not bring us
any good, we may enjoy the enticements of the devil for a period of time.
However, time will come that it will eventually destroy us.
Therefore we must listen to this call of
repentance of Jesus and we must also read, live and believe His gospel. Our life will turn for the better once we decide to repent and embrace the gospel message of Jesus.
Are we willing to repent and embrace Jesus gospel message? - Marino J. Dasmarinas
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