Gospel:
Matthew 16:24-28
Jesus
said to his disciples, “Whoever wishes to come after me must deny himself, take
up his cross, and follow me. For whoever wishes to save his life will lose it,
but whoever loses his life for my sake will find it. What profit would there be
for one to gain the whole world and forfeit his life? Or what can one give in
exchange for his life? For the Son of Man will come with his angels in his
Father’s glory, and then he will repay each according to his conduct. Amen, I
say to you, there are some standing here who will not taste death until they
see the Son of Man coming in his Kingdom.”
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Reflection:
What is a
meaningful and well lived life? It’s a life lived for the greater glory of God
not life lived for our own earthly glory. Many of us commit the mistake of
living our life for the sake of this world only.
For example,
we chase everything that this world offers us but when we have it already we
still wonder why we are still not happy. Or worst is we end up empty and alone
even if we have everything that this world could offer us! Why is this so? This
is for the reason that we desired this world, what is in this world that many
of us are so enslave by it?
All that
we have in this world are temporary, even us who presently dwell in this world
are also temporary passersby in this world. God created us not for this world
but for His eternal home in heaven. Yet many of us still don’t get this that’s
why we amass wealth beyond our simple needs. Many of us would even sell our
very selves to the Devil so that we can have massive wealth!
In our
gospel for today Jesus clearly states that we can only discover the true
meaning of life once we live our life for Him. We can never find the true meaning
of our lives if we live it inside the wealth, power and glamour of this world. –
Marino J. Dasmarinas
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