Gospel: Matthew
12:38-42
Some of
the scribes and Pharisees said to Jesus, Teacher, we wish to see a sign from
you.” He said to them in reply, “An evil and unfaithful generation seeks a
sign, but no sign will be given it except
the sign of Jonah the prophet. Just as Jonah was in the belly of the whale
three days and three nights, so will the Son of Man be in the heart of the
earth three days and three nights. At the judgment, the men of Nineveh will
arise with this generation and condemn it, because they repented at the
preaching of Jonah; and there is something greater than Jonah here. At the
judgment the queen of the south will arise with this generation and condemn it,
because she came from the ends of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon; and
there is something greater than Solomon here.”
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Reflection:
A woman
who was in her early forties was getting desperate already for she was getting
old yet she couldn’t find the right man
for her. So while at church she said to the Lord, Lord give me a sign so that
I’ll have the man for my lifetime.
Then she
said to the Lord the first man who wears a red tee shirt is the one for me
Lord. Lo and behold a well built and handsome man wearing a red tee shirt
suddenly entered the church. But to her dismay the handsome man was with his
wife and children. The desperately seeking woman said to the Lord, this is not
my day Lord, until next time.
Many of
us ask for signs and wonders from the Jesus, isn’t our faith more than enough
to carry us through with our journey with Jesus? If our faith in Jesus is rock
solid we would never ask for any sign whatsoever for signs is of no use if we
have faith in Jesus?
Our faith
is more than enough to carry us through our journey with Jesus in this world.
Our faith is more than enough to conquer all our fears and problems in this
world. We will be able to survive whatever may come to us because we have faith.
And we believe that our faith will carry us through than any dreadful signs
from this world.
Let us
not be like the scribes and Pharisees in our gospel who asked Jesus for a sign.
Let us rather continue to hold-on to our faith in Jesus. Let us continue to
strengthen this faith in Jesus by our consistent prayer life. By our frequent
presence at Holy Mass, by our frequent visitation at the Adoration Chapel and
by daily reading the bible most specially the life of Jesus. If we do these
acts of faith we would never anymore ask for a sign.
Instead
of asking for a sign why don’t we ask Jesus to strengthen our faith? –
Marino J. Dasmarinas
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