Gospel:
Matthew 13:1-9
Jesus
went out of the house and sat down by the sea. Such large crowds gathered
around him that he got into a boat and sat down, and the whole crowd stood along
the shore. And he spoke to them at length in parables, saying: “A sower went
out to sow. And as he sowed, some seed fell on the path, and birds came and ate
it up.
Some fell
on rocky ground, where it had little soil. It sprang up at once because the soil
was not deep, and when the sun rose it was scorched, and it withered for lack
of roots. Some seed fell among thorns, and the thorns grew up and choked it.
But some seed fell on rich soil and produced fruit, a hundred or sixty or
thirtyfold. Whoever has ears ought to hear.”
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Reflection:
Where do
you take refuge when life’s troubles hit you? You certainly don’t take refuge
in this world you instead take refuge in Jesus, in Him you find solace and
strength. After doing so you are again ready to face your life’s trials and
challenges.
When we
take refuge in Jesus we do one of these or we even do all of these: we pray we go to Holy Mass, we visit HIM in
the Adoration Chapel and we read the bible. We must not be satisfied with
simply doing these acts of worship and devotion. We must also allow it to
transform us so that others may see not our transformed selves but Jesus in
ourselves thus we bring them closer to Jesus.
How would
they see Jesus in us and how could we bring them closer to Jesus? We must allow
ourselves to become the seeds that fell on rich soil. And we can only do this
if we will allow Jesus to transform us for this is HIS desire for all of us: To
become the seeds that fell on the rich soil.
At the
end of the day it’s still in our hands if we would allow Jesus to transform us
to become the seeds that fell on rich soil. We have nothing to lose and
everything is ours to gain if we become docile to the desire of Jesus. – Marino
J. Dasmarinas
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