Gospel: Mark
9:38-40
John said
to Jesus, “Teacher, we saw someone driving out demons in your name, and we
tried to prevent him because he does not follow us.” Jesus replied, “Do not
prevent him. There is no one who performs a mighty deed in my name who can at
the same time speak ill of me. For whoever is not against us is for us.”
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Reflection:
Why do
some Catholics leave the church in favor of other Christian church? If we will ask them why they left they would
normally say that they felt Jesus’ presence more in their lives when the Pastor
of the Christian church shared passages about Jesus in the bible.
Should we
get angry with these Christian churches for taking away some of our brethren
who grew bored in our church? Of course not! We should rather be more
innovative in our preaching about the word of God so that the faithful will
feel Jesus’ presence in their lives.
John said
to Jesus: “someone is driving out demons in your name and we tried to prevent
him because he does not follow us.” Jesus replied: “Do not prevent him. There
is no one who performs a mighty deed in my name who can at the same time speak
ill of me. For whoever is not against us is for us.”
We should
at all times be gentle, tolerant and loving towards other Christian religions
for we preach the same God. We may have our differences with them but at the
end of the day we preach the same God and the same Jesus. – Marino J.
Dasmarinas
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