Gospel: Matthew
13:24-30
Jesus
proposed a parable to the crowds. “The Kingdom of heaven may be likened to a
man who sowed good seed in his field. While everyone was asleep his enemy came and
sowed weeds all through the wheat, and then went off. When the crop grew and
bore fruit, the weeds appeared as well. The slaves of the householder came to
him and said, ‘Master, did you not sow good seed in your field? Where have the
weeds come from? He answered, ‘An enemy has done this.’ His
slaves said to him, ‘Do you want us to go and pull them up?’ He replied, ‘No,
if you pull up the weeds you might uproot the wheat along with them. Let them
grow together until harvest; then at
harvest time I will say to the harvesters, “First collect the weeds and tie
them in bundles for burning; but gather the wheat into my barn.”
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Reflection:
Do you
believe in evil possession?
I’ve
watched a movie about a priest who performed an exorcism rite to a lady
possessed by the devil. After hours of struggle the priest was able to cure the
possessed lady and he drove away the devil from her. Following a few days the
priest manifested signs of being possessed and it turned out that the devil
whom he banished from the lady silently crept into him. The priest went through
the same exorcism rite and was eventually freed from the possession of the
devil.
The devil
is a reality it is always around us waiting for the perfect moment to possess
us it may not be anymore like a diabolical possession. He may not anymore
appear like a Diablo. For it will be very obvious already often times the devil
stealthy hides beneath lustful intentions, ego trip, the absence of humility,
greed for money and power, it always there ever ready to temp us to commit sin.
The weeds
mentioned in the gospel parable are the many temptations that the devil sows in
our way. It is always there being dangled before us. Some of us succumb to
these many temptations and we naturally sin. But even if we sin God will not
immediately condemn us to eternal damnation perhaps self-righteous people will
condemn us right away but God will not.
God will
surely be merciful and patient with us sinners He will be there waiting for us
to turn our backs from our sinful ways. God’s love and forbearance toward us is
immeasurable He will give us countless opportunities for us to mend our sinful
ways.
Let us
therefore take advantage of these chances for renewal given to us by God before
it’s too late. – Marino J. Dasmarinas
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