Gospel: Luke
21:34-36
Jesus
said to his disciples: "Beware that your hearts do not become drowsy from
carousing and drunkenness and the anxieties of daily life, and that day catch
you by surprise like a trap. For that day will assault everyone who lives on
the face of the earth. Be vigilant at all times and pray that you have the
strength to escape the tribulations that are imminent and to stand before the
Son of Man."
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Reflection:
What will
happen to us if we are so much busy with our worldly activities that we forget
our intimacy with God? We become worldly
beings that exist only for this temporal world thus we eventually cutoff any
contact with God in favor of this world.
This is
dangerously happening now for example there are countries that prohibit the
saying of prayers in schools. There are countries that proudly promote abortion
and other anti-life measures. We must be watchful and try every possible way to
counter this anti-life and anti-Christian policies and mindset espoused by the
liberal minds of today.
Where
would you start? Start inside your family, bring your children to Mass, pray
the Rosary and worship God as a family. Teach them the basics of our faith;
teach them how to read the Bible. And read to them the words of God in the
bible and reflect on it as a family.
By doing
so you will be deeply implanting the roots of our faith in their young minds
and they will imbibe it as they grow. Therefore, they would be able to
withstand whatever worldly tribulations and temptation that may come their way.
– Marino J. Dasmarinas
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