Gospel: Mark
9:41-50
Jesus
said to his disciples: “Anyone who gives you a cup of water to drink because
you belong to Christ, amen, I say to you, will surely not lose his reward.
“Whoever
causes one of these little ones who believe in me to sin, it would be better
for him if a great millstone were put around his neck and he were thrown into
the sea. If your hand causes you to sin, cut it off. It is better for you to
enter into life maimed than with two hands to go into Gehenna, into the
unquenchable fire. And if your foot causes you to sin, cut if off. It is better
for you to enter into life crippled than with two feet to be thrown into
Gehenna. And if your eye causes you to sin, pluck it out. Better for you to
enter into the Kingdom of God with one eye than with two eyes to be thrown into
Gehenna, where their worm does not die, and the fire is not quenched.
“Everyone
will be salted with fire. Salt is good, but if salt becomes insipid, with what
will you restore its flavor? Keep salt in yourselves and you will have peace
with one another.”
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Reflection:
Are you generous
to the church and those who volunteer their time for the church?
Many find
joy in giving to the church and its workers without string attached on it. If
we’ll ask them why they are so generous towards the church and its workers they
will say that they just want to share
what they have.
What they don’t notice is that whatever they
gave they receive it back in various forms. Such as financial blessings, good
health, peace in the family and so forth. Their blessing flows like a stream
that never runs out of water, this is the reward of those who are generous.
Why not
try also being generous to the church and its workers? Why not be generous to
anyone who needs your help and see for yourself the great blessings that will
come your way? Saint Francis had said: “It is in giving that we receive.”
Surely the more you are generous with what you have the more that you will be
blessed by God.
Jesus
said to His disciples: “Anyone who gives you a cup of water to drink because
you belong to Christ, amen, I say to you, will surely not lose his reward. –
Marino J. Dasmarinas
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