Gospel: Matthew 13:47-53
What is bad they throw away. 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.”
“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:
Do you know how to fish using a net?
When a net is thrown into the sea it catches every fish that it could. It doesn’t discriminate it gets everything that is within its reach.
Our church is like a net thrown into a sea of humanity. It doesn’t categorize neither discriminate. Everyone is welcome; good or bad, black or white, sinner and non-sinner everyone is welcome to enter our church. For this is what Jesus wants us to do; invite everyone to enter and eventually join our church.
But don’t we somehow discriminate and judge others for the simple reason that we don’t like them or we don't like what they wear and do? The moment we judge, it’s like saying that God only wants the righteous and beautiful to be in HIS church. It’s like saying that the net which is thrown into the sea is a discriminating net, but it’s not. For the net is for every fish that it could catch.
This is perhaps an eye opener for all of us; we who are often times judgmental and we who discriminate. Let us leave judgment to the Lord, for who we are to judge? Let us humbly continue to share and live our faith with the end in mind that we could convince others whomever they maybe to follow Jesus. – Marino J. Dasmarinas
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