Gospel: Luke 9:43b-45
While
they were all amazed at his every deed, Jesus said to his disciples, “Pay
attention to what I am telling you. The Son of Man is to be handed over to
men.” But they did not understand this saying; its meaning was hidden from them
so that they should not understand it, and they were afraid to ask him about
this saying.
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Reflection:
When
Jesus told His disciples that he was to be handed over to men they were not
able to comprehend it. Why? Because at that time Jesus was doing miracles left
and right. And perhaps they were asking themselves, how could this be possible
that this miracle man will be handed over to authorities and afterwards suffer?
The
disciples were oblivious because they did not fully know His mission.
Otherwise, if they kn0w, they would have understood this pronouncements of
Jesus. The moment we decide to follow
Jesus we must prepare ourselves for the sufferings that we have to go through.
Because
we cannot separate Jesus with sufferings, to follow Jesus is to suffer also.
However, there are people who will say, simply follow Jesus and you will have a
problem free life. This is farthest from the truth because everyone of us who
truly follow Jesus will have our own share of sufferings and tribulations.
But let
us not bedevil ourselves with the thought of these sufferings because Jesus
will not give us trials that we can’t handle. We simply have to have faith in
Jesus and that is more than enough to conquer our sufferings. – Marino J. Dasmarinas
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