Gospel:
Matthew 18:12-14
Jesus
said to his disciples: “What is your opinion? If a man has a hundred sheep and
one of them goes astray, will he not leave the ninety-nine in the hills and go
in search of the stray? And if he finds it, amen, I say to you, he rejoices
more over it than over the ninety-nine that did not stray. In just the same
way, it is not the will of your heavenly Father that one of these little ones
be lost.”
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Reflection:
Can you
measure God’s love for you? No for God’s love is not bound by any kind of
measurement or limited by time and space. God will continue to love you even if
you are the most sinful person in this world.
The
Parable of the lost sheep in our gospel is a showcase of this infinite love of
God. Who is the man who looked for the lost sheep? He is our loving and
merciful God! Who is the lost sheep that went astray? It’s us we who are sinful and we who love sin
more than God.
Nevertheless,
even if we love to sin and even if we run away from the love of God. He is always
there looking for us. Ever ready to forgive and forget all the sins that we
have committed. Let us all be cognizant of this infinite love of God and let us
also not be quick to judge our brothers and sisters who sin.
Instead
of judging those who sin let us rather emulate God who looked for and reached out
to the lost sheep. Instead of judging let us help them get up on their feet so
that they could free themselves from the bondage of sin. There are sinners because
no one is willing to reach out to them, no one is willing to pay forward the
infinite love of God.
Are you
quick to judge those who sin? Do you care to reach out to them so that they
could feel the infinite love of God? - Marino J. Dasmarinas
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