Gospel: Matthew13:47-53
"Do you understand all these
things?" They answered, "Yes." And he replied, "Then every
scribe who has been instructed in the Kingdom of heaven is like the head of a
household who brings from his storeroom both the new and the old." When
Jesus finished these parables, he went away from there.
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Reflection:
The story is told about a mother who was pleading her son to straighten up his wayward life. But the son would pretend not to hear the pleadings of his mother. So he continued to commit sin until he grew old and eventually died. After dying the son was immediately whisked into hell by the devil.
Hell and the devil are not only an afterlife reality, it’s also a present life reality. We would become a close confidant of the Devil and taste hell in this present life if we continue to sin. We will have no peace of mind; our lives would be problematic. The root cause of this problematic life is our refusal to leave behind sin.
Our gospel for today clearly states this: “Thus it will be at the end of the age. The angels will go out and separate the wicked from the righteous and throw them into the fiery furnace, where there will be wailing and grinding of teeth (Matthew 13:49-50).”
There’s a price for our sinfulness that we
have to pay at an appointed date as they say sin is like a credit card enjoy
now but pay later. But why suffer the grievous price of sin when we can
walk-a-way from it? Why not walk away from sin now, right now? – Marino
J. Dasmarinas
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