Gospel:
Luke 11:14-23
Jesus was
driving out a demon that was mute, and when the demon had gone out, the mute
man spoke and the crowds were amazed. Some of them said, “By the power of
Beelzebul, the prince of demons, he drives out demons. Others, to test him,
asked him for a sign from heaven. But he knew their thoughts and said to them
“Every kingdom divided against itself will be laid waste and house will fall
against house. And if Satan is divided against himself how will his kingdom
stand? For you say that it is by Beelzebul that I drive out demons. If I, then,
drive out demons by Beelzebul, by whom do your own people drive them out?
Therefore they will be your judges. But if it is by the finger of God that I
drive out demons, then the Kingdom of God has come upon you. When a strong man
fully armed guards his palace, his possessions are safe. But when one stronger
than he attacks and overcomes him, he takes away the armor on which he relied
and distributes the spoils. Whoever is not with me is against me, and whoever
does not gather with me scatters.
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Reflection:
Do you
believe in Jesus as your Lord and savior? In our gospel for today, after
casting out the demon from a man Jesus was accused to be one with the demons.
They obviously did not believe in Jesus as their Lord and savior. They also
can’t believe that Jesus is capable of doing this miracle with good intentions
in His heart. Otherwise they would have not accused Him as one with the demons.
Who is
one with the demons? Is it Jesus or the ones who refuse to believe in Him?
There are only to options that we have in this world to believe in Jesus or not
to believe in Jesus. To believe means that we should walk the path of Jesus for
we can’t say that we believe yet we don’t walk the path of Jesus. Those who
don’t believe are those who are vulnerable to the company and possession of the
devil.
Many of
the people of today are like those in the time of Jesus who did not believe in
Him. For what reasons? Perhaps they are so obsessed with their own selves. That
they regard themselves as somebody who know better than Jesus that’s why they
don’t believe.
But the
consequence of not believing in Jesus is enormous. First and foremost is they
invite the devil to possess them. And once they are already possessed by the
devil they now are capable of doing evil without any guilt of conscience.
This is
the reason why there are mothers who abort their unborn child without any guilt
of conscience. They are capable of doing this despicable act because they are
already possessed by the devil of convenience.
But
there’s still hope for as long as there are people like you who believe in
Jesus. People like you who will stand for the teachings and values of Jesus and
people like you who will value the gift of life more than the evil of abortion
and wicked convenience. – Marino J. Dasmarinas
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