Gospel: Luke
8:19-21
The
mother of Jesus and his brothers came to him but were unable to join him
because of the crowd. He was told, “Your mother and your brothers are standing
outside and they wish to see you.” He said to them in reply, “My mother and my
brothers are those who hear the word of God and act on it.”
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Reflection:
How could
we become relatives of Jesus? We have to hear and live His words, it’s not
enough to hear only we have to act and live it as well. Many of us forget that
we effectively preach the words of Jesus by the way we live and we put more
flesh to our faith living it.
In a
family setting, children learn about their faith when their parents teach them
about it. They further learn more when what are taught them is lived by their
parents. Thus the family becomes stronger and united and is able to face
whatever trials that it may encounter.
What if
parents are simply content with teaching without living their faith? There
would be failure of effective transmission of the faith. And the children will
not fully imbibe what was taught them for the simple reason that their parents
did not walk their talk.
In the
same breath; we become effective teachers of the faith when we practice what we
preach. We gain entrance to the family of God for the same reason as well. Let
us therefore not be content by simply hearing the words of Jesus let us live
also no matter how tempting the offer of the devil not to live it. – Marino J.
Dasmarinas
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