Gospel: Luke 4:31-37
Jesus
went down to Capernaum, a town of Galilee. He taught them on the sabbath, and
they were astonished at his teaching because he spoke with authority. In the
synagogue there was a man with the spirit of an unclean demon, and he cried out
in a loud voice, “What have you to do with us, Jesus of Nazareth? Have you come
to destroy us? I know who you are–the Holy One of God!” Jesus rebuked him and
said, “Be quiet! Come out of him!” Then the demon threw the man down in front
of them and came out of him without doing him any harm. They were all amazed
and said to one another, “What is there about his word? For with authority and
power he commands the unclean spirits, and they come out.” And news of him
spread everywhere in the surrounding region.
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Reflection:
Do you
recognize the authority of Jesus over you?
When
Jesus speaks He speaks with authority and being so we have to listen to Him. For
example, His teachings about love, forgiveness and humility. Do we love and
forgive the way Jesus loves and forgives? Do we live the virtue of humility?
For example if there’s misunderstanding in the family, are we humble enough to
extend our hand of forgiveness even if we are not the culprit?
In our
gospel even the demon recognized the power and authority of Jesus. If the demon
listens to Jesus why can’t we listen to Jesus? We don’t listen to Jesus because
we prefer to listen to our own selves.
The aspect
of forgiveness and humility is where we are usually weak. We usually find it
hard to forgive and we find it very hard to humble ourselves. Why? Because we override
the teaching of Jesus with our ego driven teachings.
We must
listen to Jesus if we want peace and quiet in our lives. Otherwise there would
always be an absence of peace within us and absence of harmony within our own
homes. – Marino J. Dasmarinas
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