Gospel: Matthew
7:6, 12-14
Jesus
said to his disciples: "Do not give what is holy to dogs, or throw your
pearls before swine, lest they
trample them underfoot, and turn and tear you to pieces. "Do to others
whatever you would have them do to you. This is the Law and the Prophets.
"Enter
through the narrow gate; for the gate is wide and the road broad that leads to
destruction, and those who enter through it are many. How narrow the gate and
constricted the road that leads to life. And those who find it are few."
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Reflection:
A man was
advised by his mother to stop going out with his friends that only brought
troubles and problems into his life. He adamantly defended his friends and he
continued with his friendship with his troublesome and drug user friends. He
continued this until they met an accident where he was paralyzed.
The
narrow gate is the doorway to righteousness and the doorway to be friends with
Jesus. The narrow gate is the advice of our relatives and well meaning friends,
they have no other intention but our welfare.
However,
we often times refuse to enter this narrow gate because it initially curtails
our earthly happiness and desires, we prefer to enter the wide gate because it
gives us liberty to follow our earthly desires which only leads us to sin even
destruction.
When we
decide to go through the narrow gate there surely will be some discomfort for
the simple reason that we are not used to it. For example, from a hedonistic
life we now decide to turn a new leaf and begin to follow Jesus.
We surely
would go through some humps and bumps however it’s just temporary. Sooner we
will find out that the narrow gate that leads to Jesus will give us true serenity
and peace.
Let us
think and prefer the narrow gate that leads to Jesus and we would never ever
regret that decision. – Marino J. Dasmarinas
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