Luke
13:31-35
Some
Pharisees came to Jesus and said, “Go away, leave this area because Herod wants
to kill you.” He replied, “Go and tell that fox, ‘Behold, I cast out demons and
I perform healings today and tomorrow, and on the third day I accomplish my
purpose. Yet I must continue on my way today, tomorrow, and the following day, for
it is impossible that a prophet should die outside of Jerusalem.’
“Jerusalem,
Jerusalem, you who kill the prophets and stone those sent to you, how many
times I yearned to gather your children together as a hen gathers her brood
under her wings, but you were unwilling! Behold, your house will be abandoned. But
I tell you, you will not see me until the time comes when you say, Blessed is
he who comes in the name of the Lord.
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Reflection:
What if
Jesus allowed fear to grow in His heart? There would be no salvation for all of
humanity, but Jesus faced His fears and accomplished His mission by dying on
the cross.
What can
we learn from this courageous act of Jesus? We also must learn to face our
fears, many of us are not able to evangelize because of fear. Fear that no one
will listen to us, fear that we might be rebuked and we have many more
unfounded fears. We fear for the simple reason that we allow it to live in our hearts.
But once we don’t give a haven for fear we now become successful missioners for
Christ Jesus.
The key
to become successful missioners for Christ is to defeat fear with faith. But
human as we are we often times succumb to fear most especially if we are in the
line of fire. If we have this mindset what will happen now to the propagation
of the faith that was started by Jesus?
If Jesus,
the apostles and the saints allowed fear to conquer them we have no Christian
faith to hold and speak of right now. We would be pagans and faithless
wanderers in this world, but we have our faith and we owe this to the courage
of Christ Jesus and His followers.
Let us
therefore emulate Christ, let us not fear the obstacles before us. For
obstacles are meant to be conquered by the strength of our faith in Jesus. Face
your fears and creatively live your Baptismal mission to evangelize.
Be
courageous and never worry for the simple reason that as you do your mission
for the faith Jesus will always be with you. – Marino J. Dasmarinas
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