Gospel: Mark 16:15-20
They will pick up serpents with their hands, and if they drink any deadly
thing, it will not harm them. They will lay hands on the sick, and they will
recover.” Then the Lord Jesus, after he spoke to them, was taken up into heaven
and took his seat at the right hand of God. But they went forth and preached
everywhere, while the Lord worked with them and confirmed the word through
accompanying signs.
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Reflection:
Do you take time to share in whatever way possible what you know about Jesus?
The gospel for this Sunday is the end of the earthly ministry of Jesus and the start of the ministry of the apostles. We all know that the apostles were very successful in their mission of evangelization. But it was not easy for they worked very hard and except for one all of them died for their mission.
It’s so easy to remain in our comfort zones and just live the lifestyle that we want. We do everything for ourselves and we tend to forget God and our mission to spread the gospel as well. Then when we are at the sunset of our lives we will find out that nothing really matters except God. Yes, at the end nothing really matters except God alone: Money will not matter influence and power will not matter either.
God wants us to spread the good news in whatever way possible. He wants us to proclaim our faith not necessarily by words alone but through our actions as well. If we can proclaim our faith thru our actions that would be much better since actions speaks volumes than words.
As the Lord ascends to heaven He is gently reminding you about your
baptismal mission. Which is to help the Lord spread the faith through your
words and actions. - Marino J. Dasmarinas
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