Gospel Mark
16:15-18
Jesus
appeared to the Eleven and said to them: "Go into the whole world and
proclaim the Gospel to every creature. Whoever believes and is baptized will be
saved; whoever does not believe will be condemned. These signs will accompany
those who believe: in my name they will drive out demons, they will speak new
languages. They will pick up serpents with their hands, and if they drink any
deadly thing, it will not harm them. They will lay hands on the sick, and they
will recover."
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Reflection:
Sometimes
it’s hard to believe how sinners or persecutors of Jesus become a follower of
Jesus. Often times we are skeptical about them, we don’t believe that they’ve
turned a new page in their lives. But nothing is impossible with Jesus; He can
do miracles in our lives He can convert us to become His followers.
Today is
the Feast of the Conversion of Saint Paul. Saul who became Paul is a former
persecutor of Jesus and the church that He built. He had nothing but hatred and
scorn for the church and its people until Jesus converted Him.
While he
was on a journey going to Damascus he saw a blinding light and he heard a voice
that asked him: “Saul, Saul, why do you persecute me (Acts 9:3-4)?” This
encounter with Jesus on the road of Damascus was the beginning of Saul’s
conversion and it culminated when he regain his sight.
Everyone
of us have a dark past yet the good Lord is always there for us ever ready to
convert us. What He only ask from us is our willingness to leave behind our
sinful lives. So that we could start to live a new life and be an instrument of
Jesus for the conversion of our fellowmen. – Marino J. Dasmarinas
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