Gospel:
Matthew 28:8-15
Mary
Magdalene and the other Mary went away quickly from the tomb, fearful yet
overjoyed, and ran to announce the news to his disciples. And behold, Jesus met
them on their way and greeted them. They approached, embraced his feet, and did
him homage. Then Jesus said to them, “Do not be afraid. Go tell my brothers to
go to Galilee, and there they will see me.”
While
they were going, some of the guard went into the city and told the chief priests
all that had happened. The chief priests assembled with the elders and took
counsel; then they gave a large sum of money to the soldiers, telling them,
“You are to say, ‘His disciples came by night and stole him while we were
asleep. And if this gets to the ears of the governor, we will satisfy him and
keep you out of trouble. The soldiers took the money and did as they were
instructed. And this story has circulated among the Jews to the present day.
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Reflection:
Up to
where are we willing to be manipulated by the many evils of money? Are we
willing to lie for money? Are we willing to sacrifice our souls to the devil so
that we can have dirty money? The problem with allowing money to manipulate and
control us, is it will destroy us eventually.
Let us
look at Judas Iscariot who betrayed Jesus for thirty pieces of silver, what
happened to him? He was eventually destroyed by his insatiable greed for money.
Judas killed himself because he cannot anymore bear the guilt of his betrayal
of Jesus.
There are
many more real life stories of men and women who allowed themselves to be
controlled by the evils of money. They took pleasure and served the many evils
of corrupted money yet eventually they were left with nothing at all.
Here in
our gospel there are soldiers who allowed themselves to be blinded by the evil
glitters of money. The soldiers could have stood-up to the chief priest and the
elders. They could have told them, we will not lie, we will tell the true story
of Jesus’ resurrection. But they failed to seize the moment to witness for the
resurrected Christ.
Would you
sacrifice Jesus for money? – Marino J. Dasmarinas
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