Gospel: Matthew 11:28-30
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Reflection:
The story is told about a young man who was struggling to find his place in this world. He was already at the point of surrender. He murmured to himself, “I am a total failure” in the abyss of his frustration he thought of ending his life.
Until he was advised by a friend to seek God and surrender every burdens that he has in his heart. So, he went to Holy Mass regularly and he read his bible, after a few weeks he developed a deep friendship with Jesus and he surrendered his everything to Him.
Many of us have this tendency to allow ourselves to be eaten up by the frenetic pace and materialism of this world. We get too busy in fact very busy because we want to satisfy our many temporal wants. But come to think of it, why are we punishing ourselves too much just to satisfy our worldly desires? Why are many of us favoring this world when what we earn from this world can actually be taken from us anytime?
In our gospel for today, Jesus invites us all to go to
Him. We who are so busy with this world, we who tend to forget the primacy of
God over this world. When are we going to open our hearts to this invitation of
Jesus? When we are already old and sickly? Let us not wait for that time to
come. Let us build a relationship with Jesus now and let us respond to His
invitation now. – Marino J. Dasmarinas
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