Gospel: Matthew 13:36-43
The weeds are
the children of the Evil One, and the enemy who sows them is the Devil. The
harvest is the end of the age, and the harvesters are angels. Just as weeds are
collected and burned up with fire, so will it be at the end of the
age.
The Son of
Man will send his angels, and they will collect out of his Kingdom all who
cause others to sin and all evildoers. They will throw them into the fiery
furnace, where there will be wailing and grinding of teeth. Then the righteous
will shine like the sun in the Kingdom of their Father. Whoever has ears ought
to hear.”
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Reflection:
How are you
living your life today? Are you living it in accord with what Jesus wants you
to live it?
Many of
us live life as if there is no tomorrow, we live life to enjoy whatever this
world could offer us, including sin. But life lived for this world alone is not
the real life; there is something more profound than the life that we enjoy in
this fleeting world.
The profound
life is a life lived in the company of Jesus. But how could we discover the accompaniment
and movement of Jesus in our lives? There are so many ways to discern it.
For example,
we will discover that Jesus wants to have a deep friendship with us through a
relative or a good friend. Through a written commentary that we just read out
of nowhere and this written commentary made us think about how we are living
our lives today.
The good
friend and the written commentary that we’ve read are part of the many seeds
that Jesus sows in our hearts. And Jesus expects nothing less from us than to
listen to Him so that He could guide us before our journey ends in this
fleeting world.
At the end of
the gospel Jesus speaks about harvest time or judgment day. When would this be?
This will be at the end of our lives, when we die to be more specific. We will
be judged according to what we’ve done in this world. If we listened to Jesus
we will have a sacred place in His kingdom. - Marino J. Dasmarinas
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