Gospel: Matthew 6:24-34
Jesus said to his disciples: “No one can serve two masters. He will
either hate one and love the other, or be devoted to one and despise the other.
You cannot serve God and mammon.
“Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or
drink, or about your body, what you will wear. Is not life more than food and
the body more than clothing? Look at the birds in the sky; they do not sow or
reap, they gather nothing into barns, yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are
not you more important than they? Can any of you by worrying add a single
moment to your life-span? Why are you anxious about clothes? Learn from the way
the wild flowers grow. They do not work or spin. But I tell you that not even
Solomon in all his splendour was clothed like one of them. If God so clothes
the grass of the field, which grows today and is thrown into the oven tomorrow,
will he not much more provide for you, O you of little faith? So do not worry
and say, ‘What are we to eat?’ or ‘What are we to drink?’ or ‘What are we to
wear?’ All these things the pagans seek. Your heavenly Father knows that you
need them all. But seek first the Kingdom of God and his righteousness, and all
these things will be given you besides. Do not worry about tomorrow; tomorrow
will take care of itself. Sufficient for a day is its own evil.”
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Reflection:
Mr. A is a worrisome person he always loses sleep about the little things
in life. For example, if he sees a black cat he would worry about it because
it’s a sign of bad omen for him.
Mr. B is a man of deep faith he never worry about anything in life because
he learned to trust everything to the Lord. Although both of them are of the
same age Mr. B looks a lot younger than Mr. A and Mr. B’s personality is more
vibrant than Mr. A the worrisome guy.
Indeed, why worry about this life? We have to learn to live a
worry free life and we have to learn to trust God more than we trust ourselves or
more than we trust anyone in this world. What would we gain if we worry a lot? Nothing
except more worries!
In the gospel, Jesus is telling us not to worry about anything in this
world for he will provide it for us. This seems hard to believe but this is
true. If we would only learn to trust the Lord and let Him take full control of
our lives. We would discover that God always provides and always takes care of
everything including our worries. – Marino J. Dasmarinas
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