Gospel: Luke 8:16-18
Jesus
said to the crowd: “No one who lights a lamp conceals it with a vessel or sets
it under a bed; rather, he places it on a lampstand so that those who enter may
see the light. For there is nothing hidden that will not become visible, and
nothing secret that will not be known and come to light. Take care, then, how
you hear. To anyone who has, more will be given, and from the one who has not, even
what he seems to have will be taken away.”
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Reflection:
Do you
sometimes put a facade of who you truly are or do you sometimes live a double
life?
We cannot
hide our real identity no matter how hard we try to hide it for there will
eventually come a time that we shall be unmasked. For example, we pretend that
we are good but deep inside we are not.
Our
pretension will work to a certain extent we may even fool our fellowmen with
our pretensions. However, there shall come a time that we will be unmasked no
matter how hard we try to conceal our true identity.
In the
gospel Jesus tells us: There is nothing hidden that will not become visible, and
nothing secret that will not be known and come to light. Indeed no secret is
kept secret forever and every facade that we put forward will eventually be
exposed.
No secret
last forever most especially dark and hideous secrets, therefore it’s better to
be transparent and to show who we really are. If we have dark secrets let us be
honest and after that let us move forward to live a new life worthy in the eyes
of the Good Lord. – Marino J. Dasmarinas
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