Gospel: Matthew 17:14-20
A man came up to Jesus, knelt down before him, and said, “Lord, have pity
on my son, who is a lunatic and suffers severely; often he falls into fire, and
often into water. I brought him to your disciples, but they could not cure
him.” Jesus said in reply, “O faithless and perverse generation, how long will
I be with you? How long will I endure you? Bring the boy here to me.” Jesus
rebuked him and the demon came out of him, and from that hour the boy was
cured. Then the disciples approached Jesus in private and said, “Why could we
not drive it out? He said to them, “Because of your little faith. Amen, I say
to you, if you have faith the size of a mustard seed, you will say to this
mountain, ‘Move from here to there,’ and it will move. Nothing will be
impossible for you.”
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Reflection:
Jesus tells us today: “Nothing will be impossible for us (Matthew
17:20).” In the midst of our many doubts Jesus is whispering to us that nothing
is impossible for us because all things are possible for those who have faith
in Him.
Faith is something that we should all strive very hard to have, can we
all have faith? Isn’t faith only for the select few? Jesus already gave us
faith when we were Baptized and He hoped that as we grow the faith that He gave
us would grow as well.
But it did not happen to many of us because as we grow our faith was left
out, even forgotten. Who is to blame for this faith that was left out? Our
parents? The people of the church? But
all is not lost yet because we still have the chance to call out this faith
that has been left out.
All we need to do is to ask Jesus to give us once again the gift of faith
that He so generously showered upon us when we were baptized. Lest we forget,
faith is important in a person’s journey in this world. Without it we are
simply like zombies roaming around without direction and purpose.
Prayer:
Oh Dear Jesus we humbly pray that you make alive our dormant faith. For
without it we are like zombies roaming around without any direction and
purpose. Give us faith so that we’ll have hope, give us faith so that we’ll
have purpose and give us faith so that we would withstand whatever problems
that we may encounter in this world such as the Covid-19 pandemic. Amen. –
Marino J. Dasmarinas
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