Gospel:
Matthew 17:14-20
A man
came up to Jesus, knelt down before him, and said, “Lord, have pity on my son,
who is a lunatic and suffers severely; often he falls into fire, and often into
water. I brought him to your disciples, but they could not cure him.” Jesus
said in reply, “O faithless and perverse generation, how long will I be with
you? How long will I endure you? Bring the boy here to me.” Jesus rebuked him
and the demon came out of him, and from that hour the boy was cured. Then the
disciples approached Jesus in private and said, “Why could we not drive it out?
He said to them, “Because of your little faith. Amen, I say to you, if you have
faith the size of a mustard seed, you will say to this mountain, ‘Move from
here to there,’ and it will move. Nothing will be impossible for you.”
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Reflection:
Jesus
tells you today: “Nothing will be impossible for you (Matthew 17:20).” In the
midst of your many doubts Jesus is whispering to you that nothing is impossible
for you for the simple reason that all things are possible for those who have
faith in Him.
Faith is
something that we should all strive very hard to have, can we all have faith?
Isn’t faith only for the select few? Jesus already gave us faith when we were
Baptized and He hoped that as we grow the faith that He gave us would grow as
well.
But it
did not happen to many of us because as we grow our faith was left out even
forgotten. Who is to blame for this faith that was left out? But all is not
lost yet because we still have the chance to call out this faith that has been
left out.
All we need to do is to ask Jesus to give us once again the gift of faith that He so
generously showered upon us when we were baptized. Lest we forget, faith is
important in a person’s journey in this world. Without it we are simply like
zombies roaming around without direction and purpose.
Prayer:
Oh Dear
Jesus we humbly pray that you make alive our dormant faith. For without it we
are like headless chickens running around without any direction. Give us faith
so that we’ll have hope, give us faith so that we’ll have purpose and give us
faith so that we would withstand whatever problems that we may encounter in
this world. Amen. – Marino J. Dasmarinas
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