Gospel: Matthew 6:24-34
Jesus said to his
disciples: "No one can serve two masters. He will either hate one and love
the other, or be devoted to one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and
mammon.
"Therefore I
tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or drink, or about
your body, what you will wear. Is not life more than food and the body more
than clothing? Look at the birds in the sky; they do not sow or reap, they
gather nothing into barns, yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are not you
more important than they? Can any of you by worrying add a single moment to
your life-span? Why are you anxious about clothes? Learn from the way the wild
flowers grow. They do not work or spin. But I tell you that not even Solomon in
all his splendor was clothed like one of them. If God so clothes the grass of
the field, which grows today and is thrown into the oven tomorrow, will he not
much more provide for you, O you of little faith? So do not worry and say,
'What are we to eat?' or 'What are we to drink?' or 'What are we to wear?' All
these things the pagans seek. Your heavenly Father knows that you need them all.
But seek first the kingdom of God and his righteousness, and all these things
will be given you besides. Do not worry about tomorrow; tomorrow will take care
of itself. Sufficient for a day is its own evil."
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Reflection:
An intelligent lady
was hell-bent in her goal of becoming a rich businesswoman. So she engaged in
business and she was very successful with it. However, she also noticed that
there was no happiness and fulfillment with what she was doing notwithstanding
the amount of money that she was earning. She asked herself, why am I not happy
even though I am already very successful materially and financially?
Material and
financial wealth will never make us happy no matter how enormous. In fact the
more that we become wealthy the more that there would be disturbance and
pressure or even emptiness in our lives.
Material wealth will
always come to pass us by. It may stay with us for a certain period of time but
eventually it will leave us or we will leave it. There’s no security in
material wealth; sad to say a lot of us finds security with it.
So what is the best
choice? The wisdom filled choice is always God; to be with God and to walk with
God. Thus, we will finally find that elusive contentment and happiness that
which material wealth can never give us. – Marino J. Dasmarinas
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