Gospel: Luke
6:12-16
Jesus
went up to the mountain to pray, and he spent the night in prayer to God. When
day came, he called his disciples to himself, and from them he chose Twelve,
whom he also named Apostles: Simon, whom he named Peter, and his brother
Andrew, James, John, Philip, Bartholomew, Matthew, Thomas, James the son of
Alphaeus, Simon who was called a Zealot, and Judas the son of James, and Judas
Iscariot, who became a traitor.
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Reflection:
What do
you usually do before making an important decision in your life? Do you first
pray over it and ask the guidance of the Lord? Or you just make important
decisions without asking the blessings of the Lord?
Before
deciding to choose the twelve apostles Jesus went up first to the mountain to
pray. There, He spent the whole night in prayer to God. This is the attitude of
Jesus, He withdraws to a solitary place to commune with God and He asks for
God’s guidance and blessings. With the
blessing from God the apostles (except for Judas Iscariot) became His partner in
advancing the faith.
Let us
not make Jesus irrelevant in our lives by not praying to Him let us make time
for Him. Let us not allow the many distractions of this world to get our
attention from Jesus. For what is this world compared to Jesus? There is no
comparison at all for this world is temporary, finite and time bound. While
Jesus is everlasting, infinite and He is not confined by the limits of time.
In our
secularist world today dominated by high tech gadgets, facebook and twitter
Jesus still matters. For the reason that Jesus gives hope, Jesus gives love and
Jesus gives salvation. Therefore, embrace Jesus more than you embrace this
world. – Marino J. Dasmarinas
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