Gospel: Luke 15:3-7
Jesus addressed this parable to the Pharisees and scribes: "What man
among you having a hundred sheep and losing one of them would not leave the
ninety-nine in the desert and go after the lost one until he finds it? And when
he does find it, he sets it on his shoulders with great joy and, upon his
arrival home, he calls together his friends and neighbors and says to them,
'Rejoice with me because I have found my lost sheep.' I tell you, in just the
same way there will be more joy in heaven over one sinner who repents than over
ninety-nine righteous people who have no need of repentance."
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Reflection:
A wayward daughter who had four children from four different men was
disowned by her parents. The distraught daughter had nowhere to go. While mulling
about reforming her life she went to a convent to seek advice and temporary
shelter from the nuns there.
There are really times that we tend to give up already on those who are
lost and wayward. We don’t take into account the fact that they are also very
much capable of reforming their lives. We don’t take into consideration that we
too are sinners and Jesus has not given up on us no matter how many times we’ve
offended Him.
Today is the Solemnity of the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus. And we see in
the gospel the Sacred Heart of Jesus, His heart that never gives up. His heart
that is very much willing to temporarily leave behind the many to seek out the
lost and misguided.
If we are quick to condemn Jesus doesn't condemn. If we give up already
on the lost and misguided, Jesus will never gives up on them.
Do you have a misguided/wayward relative or friend? Don’t give up on them
look for them and when you find them share to them the enlightenment which Jesus gave you. – Marino J. Dasmarinas
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