Gospel: Luke 9:22-25
Jesus said to his disciples: “The Son of Man must suffer greatly and be
rejected by the elders, the chief priests, and the scribes, and be killed and
on the third day be raised.”
Then he said to all, “If anyone wishes to come after me, he must deny
himself and take up his cross daily and follow me. For whoever wishes to save
his life will lose it but whoever loses his life for my sake will save it. What
profit is there for one to gain the whole world yet lose or forfeit himself?”
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Reflection:
A man of the world was on the verge of ending his life, he decided to go
to a cliff to jump so that he could end everything. On his way he saw a
church that had an inscription of the words of Jesus that says: Come follow me
(Matthew 9:14). He gave it a serious thought and decided to go to that church
and inquired about it.
There he was informed that it was a call to vocation in the service
of the Lord. He thereafter decided not to end his life he instead responded to
the instant vocation call. And soon after he found God and he also discerned
the true meaning of his life with Jesus.
Many of us spend our lifetime to pursue our earthly ambition such as to
be rich and powerful. And then when we reach the pinnacle of our ambitions we
also discover that something is still lacking or missing. We yearn for
something that is meaningful and something that would satisfy our inner being.
This something that is meaningful that we yearn is no other than God. No
matter how rich and powerful some of us may become we would still not have
contentment and peace of mind. For the simple reason that only God will gives
peace of mind only God will give us inner calmness and healing. But to follow
God is not easy because this would entail us to carry our own cross.
But the big question is this: Would we be willing to carry that cross?
Would we willing to give away our life to God so that He could save it and make
full use of it? – Marino J. Dasmarinas
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