Gospel: Matthew
6:24-34
Jesus
said to his disciples: “No one can serve two masters. He will either hate one
and love the other, or be devoted to one and despise the other. You cannot
serve God and mammon.
“Therefore
I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or drink, or about
your body, what you will wear. Is not life more than food and the body more
than clothing? Look at the birds in the sky; they do not sow or reap, they
gather nothing into barns, yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are not you
more important than they? Can any of you by worrying add a single moment to
your life-span? Why are you anxious about clothes? Learn from the way the wild
flowers grow. They do not work or spin. But I tell you that not even Solomon in
all his splendour was clothed like one of them. If God so clothes the grass of
the field, which grows today and is thrown into the oven tomorrow, will he not
much more provide for you, O you of little faith? So do not worry and say,
‘What are we to eat?’ or ‘What are we to drink?’ or ‘What are we to wear?’ All
these things the pagans seek. Your heavenly Father knows that you need them
all. But seek first the Kingdom of God and his righteousness, and all these
things will be given you besides. Do not worry about tomorrow; tomorrow will
take care of itself. Sufficient for a day is its own evil.”
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Reflection:
There was
a man who literally wanted to test God’s providence, so he said to God: “God I
will go to a remote mountain. I will be wandering there for a month and I will
bring nothing with me except what I’m wearing.
On the
first week he sustained himself with fruits that were within his reach. Then on
the second week he accidentally stumbled on a small community of tribesmen.
Once they saw him they wondered why he was different from them. They said to
themselves this man must be God sent, so they treated him like a king and in
return he taught them a lot of things that could be useful to them.
After a
month he bade them goodbye, he was now fully convinced of God’s eternal
providence.
In the
gospel Jesus said to his disciples: “If God so clothes the grass of the field,
which grows today and is thrown into the oven tomorrow, will he not much more
provide for you, O you of little faith? So do not worry and say, ‘What are we
to eat?’ or ‘What are we to drink?’ or ‘What are we to wear?’ All these things
the pagans seek. Your heavenly Father knows that you need them all (Matthew
6:30-32).”
The
secret to a happy and fulfilled life is to serve God in whatever capacity and
abandon our lives to His providence, he will provide for us for so long as we
trust him our lives. Let us not be worried let us not be afraid.
Jesus
himself said this: “Do not be troubled; trust in God and trust in me.” (John
14:1) – Marino J. Dasmarinas
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