Reflection for Wednesday November 29, Thirty-fourth Week in Ordinary Time: Luke 21:12-19

Gospel: Luke 21:12-19

(Jesus said to His disciples) Before the end happens, however, they will seize and persecute you, they will hand you over to the synagogues and to prisons, and they will have you led before kings and governors because of my name. It will lead to your giving testimony. Remember, you are not to prepare your defense beforehand, for I myself shall give you a wisdom in speaking that all your adversaries will be powerless to resist or refute. You will even be handed over by parents, brothers, relatives, and friends, and they will put some of you to death. You will be hated by all because of my name, but not a hair on your head will be destroyed. By your perseverance you will secure your lives.”

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Reflection:

Have you already suffered for faithfully following Jesus and are all of these sufferings all worth it? Every suffering that we go through for Jesus is all worth it. The people of this world will surely not agree but it’s all worth it!

If we suffer poverty for Jesus’ sake, if we are persecuted for following Jesus. And if the events in our lives are not turning out well based on worldly standards because we chose to follow Jesus. Let us not worry for someday in the great beyond we will surely receive our reward from Him.

Are all these worldly appendages worth it? It could slip out of our hands anytime, why are so many of us are so blinded by these worldly things? We covet it as if our life hinges on it. That’s why we covet these worldly things with all our might.   

However, at the end of our lives only one will matter and that’s none other than our faith faithfulness to Jesus. Strive to possess Jesus instead than obsessively striving to possess the fragile things of this world. – Marino J. Dasmarinas