Gospel: Luke
15:3-7
Jesus
addressed this parable to the Pharisees and scribes: "What man among you
having a hundred sheep and losing one of them would not leave the ninety-nine
in the desert and go after the lost one until he finds it? And when he does
find it, he sets it on his shoulders with great joy and, upon his arrival home,
he calls together his friends and neighbors and says to them, 'Rejoice with me
because I have found my lost sheep.' I tell you, in just the same way there
will be more joy in heaven over one sinner who repents than over ninety-nine
righteous people who have no need of repentance."
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Reflection:
Do you
know that Jesus loves you whomever you may be and no matter how severe the sins
that you have committed?
God’s
love for us is immense and infinite He will do everything to find us and bring
us back to His loving embrace. Perhaps many have this notion that because of their
sinfulness God has already forgotten them. But no, the more sinful we are the
more that God seeks us, the more that we are lost in the jungle of sinfulness
the more that He never tires to find us.
In the
gospel God left the ninety nine sheep in favor of the one who was lost. He
never stopped looking for the lost sheep until He found it. And upon finding it
He placed it on His shoulder with great joy. This is the love of God for us,
love that is always there for us and love that is ever ready to forget and
forgive all of our sinfulness.
Today is
the Solemnity of the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus. Jesus’ sacred heart is so loving and
forgiving. Jesus wants us to radiate the same love and forgiveness also. He
wants us to humbly seek those who are lost whomever they may be and whatever
sins that they have committed.
So that
they too will know that there is a God who is very eager to forgive and love
them notwithstanding their sinfulness. A God who is ever willing to embrace us again
and completely delete our record of sins. – Marino J. Dasmarinas
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