Gospel:
Luke 6:20-26
Raising his eyes toward his disciples Jesus said:
“Blessed are you who are poor, for the
Kingdom of God is yours. Blessed are you who are now hungry, for you will be
satisfied. Blessed are you who are now weeping, for you will laugh. Blessed are
you when people hate you, and when they exclude and insult you, and denounce
your name as evil on account of the Son of Man.
Rejoice and leap for joy on that day! Behold,
your reward will be great in heaven. For their ancestors treated the prophets
in the same way.
But woe to you who are rich, for you have
received your consolation. But woe to you who are filled now, for you will be
hungry. Woe to you who laugh now, for you will grieve and weep. Woe to you when
all speak well of you, for their ancestors treated the false prophets in this
way.
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Reflection:
Imagine Jesus reading to you the gospel for
today. How would you feel? Would you feel blessed?
The poor, hungry, weeping, hated and
insulted are blessed by Jesus. No matter what others would say about them they
are blessed by Jesus. But human as we are we hunger for the luxuries of life,
who would not want worldly luxuries?
But if these luxuries would bring us away
from Jesus and would bring us to embrace this world and eventually sin. Should
we still embrace it? We must be
discerning at all times because the devil is always actively seeking and
following us through enticements of these worldly luxuries.
He (Devil) is like a heat seeking guided
missile that is often at our backs waiting for the most opportune time to
destroy us with sinful and immoral offerings of luxuries . Let us therefore be
careful and discerning, for we can live even without this worldly riches from
the devil.
If you are poor in the eyes of this world
yet you have Jesus in your heart, then you’re the most blessed person in this
world. – Marino J. Dasmarinas
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