Gospel:
Mark 10:28-31
Peter
began to say to Jesus, “We have given up everything and followed you.” Jesus
said, “Amen, I say to you, there is no one who has given up house or brothers
or sisters or mother or father or children or lands for my sake and for the
sake of the Gospel who will not receive a hundred times more now in this
present age: houses and brothers and sisters and mothers and children and
lands, with persecutions, and eternal life in the age to come. But many that are
first will be last, and the last will be first.”
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Reflection:
What are
you capable of giving up for Jesus? Could you give up your riches? Could you
give up your life of hedonism and worldliness? Perhaps this is quite hard to do
if you do this abruptly.
But if
you try to slowly detach yourself from your life of worldliness and you begin
to trust and love Jesus more than this world. You’ll also see a marked
improvement in your life, slowly also there would be less human created worries,
stress and problems.
This is
for the reason that you’ve decided to embrace Jesus more than this world. Jesus
tells us in the gospel that if we give up this world and choose to follow Him. We
would receive more than this world could offer.
Try it
even for only a short time and see the big improvement that it will create in
your life. Slowly cut and cut cleanly your relationship with your friends who
have not brought any good into your life. Then begin to develop deeper
relationship with your family.
Slowly
detach yourself from your vices and anything that is impure. After doing so develop
a real relationship with Jesus: Attend Holy Mass more often, pray more often
and start to develop a habit of reading your Bible.
Never be
afraid to give-up this world for Jesus for this is the best decision that you
could ever make in your life. Marino J. Dasmarinas
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