Gospel: Luke 9:22-25
Jesus said to his
disciples: “The Son of Man must suffer greatly and be rejected by the elders,
the chief priests, and the scribes, and be killed and on the third day be
raised.”
Then he said to all,
“If anyone wishes to come after me, he must deny himself and take up his cross
daily and follow me. For whoever wishes to save his life will lose it but
whoever loses his life for my sake will save it. What profit is there for one
to gain the whole world yet lose or forfeit himself?”
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Reflection:
A man of the world was
on the verge of ending his life, he decided to go to a cliff to jump so that he
could end everything. On his way he saw
a church that has an inscription of the words of Jesus that says: Come follow
me. He gave it a serious thought and decided to go to the church and inquire
about it.
There he was informed that it was a call to
vocation in the service of the Lord. He thereafter decided not to end his life
he instead responded to the instant vocation call. And soon after he found God
and he also discerned the true meaning of his life with Jesus.
Many of us spend our
lifetime to pursue our earthly ambition such as to be rich and powerful. And
then when we reach the pinnacle of our ambitions we also discover that
something is still lacking or missing. We yearn for something that is
meaningful and something that would satisfy our inner being.
This something that is
meaningful that we yearn is no other than God. No matter how rich and powerful
some of us may become we will still not have peace of mind. For the simple
reason that only God will gives peace of mind only God will give us inner
calmness and healing.
But the big question
is this: Are we willing to give away our life to God so that He could save it
and make full use of it? – Marino J. Dasmarinas
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