Gospel: Matthew
8:28-34
When
Jesus came to the territory of the Gadarenes, two demoniacs who were coming
from the tombs met him. They were so savage that no one could travel by that
road. They cried out, “What have you to do with us, Son of God? Have you come
here to torment us before the appointed time?” Some distance away a herd of
many swine was feeding. The demons pleaded with him, “If you drive us out, send
us into the herd of swine.” And he said to them, “Go then!” They came out and
entered the swine, and the whole herd rushed down the steep bank into the sea
where they drowned. The swineherds ran away, and when they came to the town
they reported everything, including what had happened to the demoniacs.
Thereupon the whole town came out to meet Jesus, and when they saw him they
begged him to leave their district.
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Reflection:
Are
demons for real?
Demons
are for real it’s just around us waiting to pounce upon us the moment they see
that our faith in Jesus is weak. But it’s not anymore the typical frightening
figure for it has also evolved with time. It disguises itself now in so many
ways that we can hardly recognize it until it captures us and eventually
destroy us.
It could
disguise itself within us through our evil thoughts that comes to us every once
in a while. For example the feeling of lusting after someone even if it’s
immoral, we will not be able to recognize it until it’s too late already.
In the
secular world that we’re in the devil uses a lot of worldly things to keep our
attention away from God. This is the
reason why many of us become bigtime sinners for the simple reason that we’ve
allowed the devil to capture us.
But let
us not be fearful because there’s somebody who can easily defeat these demons
and it’s no other that Jesus. So we should always be connected to Jesus by
means of having an active prayer life and we must always ask His help and
guidance. For the
simple reason that Jesus is simply a prayer away from us. – Marino J. Dasmarinas
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