Gospel: Matthew
10:24-33
Jesus
said to his Apostles: “No disciple is above his teacher, no slave above his
master. It is enough for the disciple that he become like his teacher, for the
slave that he become like his master. If they have called the master of the
house Beelzebul, how much more those of his household! “Therefore do not be
afraid of them. Nothing is concealed that will not be revealed, nor
secret that will not be known. What I say to you in the darkness, speak in the
light; what you hear whispered, proclaim on the housetops. And do not be afraid
of those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul; rather, be afraid of the
one who can destroy both soul and body in Gehenna. Are not two sparrows sold
for a small coin? Yet not one of them falls to the ground without your Father’s
knowledge. Even all the hairs of your head are counted. So do not be afraid;
you are worth more than many sparrows. Everyone who acknowledges me before
others I will acknowledge before my heavenly Father. But whoever denies me
before others I will deny before my heavenly Father.”
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Reflection:
What is
the mark of a true and faithful follower of Jesus? It’s the mark of obedience, a
true follower will obey the command of Jesus to share His good news. But you may say that sometimes
it’s hard to share Jesus because the environment is not conducive for sharing
Jesus. If this is the case when are you going to share Jesus?
If you
wait for the right environment to share Jesus. That right environment may not
come at all, so you will not be able to share Jesus? As the apostles were commissioned by Jesus to share
the gospel we too are tasked to do the same. Let us not wait for the right
environment to share Jesus because every environment is right for Jesus.
No harm
will fall upon you if you share Jesus because you are sharing the good news of
humanity’s salvation. If you share Jesus you will be able to change lives and
you will be able to give hope which many of us badly needs today.
The
apostles treated with sacredness their commissioning from Jesus and as a result
of it they became very successful in their mission. How about you? When are you
going to share Jesus? Would you still wait for the right environment? It may
not come, why not share Jesus now? And in the process be blessed by Jesus as
Jesus blesses others’ lives though you. – Marino J. Dasmarinas
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