Gospel: Mark 4:21-25
Jesus said to his disciples, “Is a lamp brought in to be placed under a
bushel basket or under a bed, and not to be placed on a lampstand? For there is
nothing hidden except to be made visible; nothing is secret except to come to
light. Anyone who has ears to hear ought to hear. He also told them, “Take care
what you hear. The measure with which you measure will be measured out to you,
and still more will be given to you. To the one who has, more will be given;
from the one who has not, even what he has will be taken away.
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Reflection:
Do you take time to share what you know about God? Do you live the faith
that God has given you? Our knowledge and faith about God will further blossom
if we learn to share it. We will also grow in faith as we care to share
it. But have we thought of sharing God?
Sometimes we are afraid to share God because many of the population of
today are not anymore centered on God. They are more centered on how they could
earn a living, centered on the material side of this world and how to survive
in this world. But what kind of people are we growing if they will be more
focused on this world than God?
Jesus in our gospel mentions about a lamp that must not be hidden under a
bed for it will have no use at all! Jesus mentions about a lamp that is put in
a lampstand so that it will serve as a guiding light where others could gain
wisdom and enlightenment from it.
Your knowledge about God and your faith is the lamp of your life. You
must not keep it to yourself! You must share and live it so others would be
enlightened by it! There are people who don’t know God because there are people
who don’t care to share and live what they know about God.
Therefore, bring the lighted lamp of Jesus into your own environment and
bring the lamp of Jesus into your own family. So that they could be enlightened
and transformed by Jesus, this you will do with utmost humility. – Marino J.
Dasmarinas
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