Gospel: Mark 4:21-25
Jesus said to his disciples, “Is a lamp
brought in to be placed under a bushel basket or under a bed, and not to be
placed on a lampstand? For there is nothing hidden except to be made visible;
nothing is secret except to come to light. Anyone who has ears to hear ought to
hear. He also told them, “Take care what you hear. The measure with which you
measure will be measured out to you, and still more will be given to you. To
the one who has, more will be given; from the one who has not, even what he has
will be taken away.
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Reflection:
Do you take time to share what you know
about God? Do you live the faith that God has given you? Our knowledge and
faith about God will further blossom if we learn to share it. We will also grow in faith as we care to share it.
But have we thought of sharing God?
Sometimes we are afraid to share God
because many of the population of today are not anymore centered on God. They
are more centered on how they could earn a living, centered on the material
side of this world and how to survive in this world. But what kind of people
are we growing if they will be more focused on this world than God?
Jesus in our gospel mentions about a lamp
that must not be hidden under a bed for it will have no use at all! Jesus
mentions about a lamp that is put in a lampstand so that it will serve as a
guiding light where others could gain wisdom and enlightenment from it.
Your knowledge about God and your faith is
the lamp of your life. You must not keep it to yourself! You must share and
live it so others would be enlightened by it! There are people who don’t know
God because there are people who don’t care to share and live what they know
about God.
Therefore, bring the lighted lamp of Jesus
into your own environment and bring the lamp of Jesus into your own family. So
that they could be enlightened and transformed by Jesus, this you will do with
utmost humility. – Marino J. Dasmarinas
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