Gospel:
Luke 9:22-25
Jesus
said to his disciples: “The Son of Man must suffer greatly and be rejected by
the elders, the chief priests, and the scribes, and be killed and on the third
day be raised.” Then he said to all, “If anyone wishes to come after me, he
must deny himself and take up his cross daily and follow me. For whoever wishes
to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for my sake will save
it. What profit is there for one to gain the whole world yet lose or forfeit
himself?”
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Reflection:
Are you
afraid of suffering?
Suffering
is part and parcel of our Christian life; in fact we will not be able to reach
the fullness of our Christian life without suffering. For the reason that it is in our suffering that
we intensely feel the presence of God. It is through these periods of
sufferings that God becomes more real to us.
Try
observing your behavior when you don’t have sufferings God seems distant for we
rarely remember Him in our days of prosperity. But notice also that when we are
having some difficult moments it seems that God is within our reach. We call on
Him we cry and unburden to Him.
In the
gospel, Jesus tells His disciples about the suffering that He has to go
through. Why? This is for the reason that this was Jesus’ destiny. From the beginning
Jesus knew that He would be going through intense suffering. So why did He not
exempted Himself from it when He actually could?
Because
Jesus is faithful to the mission that was given to Him by God, thus Jesus
endured suffering for His love of God. Therefore,
the true measure of our love for God is when we are ready to suffer for Him.
When we are ready to sacrifice our everything for Him. - Marino J. Dasmarinas
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