Gospel: Mark 16:15-18
Jesus appeared to the Eleven and said to them:
“Go into the whole world and proclaim the Gospel to every creature. Whoever
believes and is baptized will be saved; whoever does not believe will be
condemned. These signs will accompany those who believe: in my name they will
drive out demons, they will speak new languages. They will pick up serpents
with their hands, and if they drink any deadly thing, it will not harm them.
They will lay hands on the sick, and they will recover.”
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Reflection:
There is a story of a woman who would always
share pictures of herself on social media. Her husband who was a pastor would
always tell her to share instead bible quotations so that she could inspire
others to know more about God and in the process share in the mission of Jesus
as well.
Transmission of communication nowadays is very
fast, for example if we post something on the internet. And if the content of
what we post is good, we could be assured that it will go viral, it could reach
the farthest corner of the world.
During the time of Jesus transmission of
communication was on a word of mouth basis. No internet and other high-end form
of communication. It was simple word of mouth only. And yet the gospel was able
to spread until it reached us. The key element in the spread of the gospel were
the committed apostles and Saint Paul whose conversion we celebrate today.
The desire of Jesus today is for us to become
the modern day apostles and Saint Paul to whom he could entrust the mission of
evangelization. He trusts us that we could also proclaim the gospel using the
many forms of social media mode of communication today.
There’s no more excuse for us not to help
Jesus spread the gospel because we have in our fingertips the internet. Let us
exploit the use of this technology to reach as many humans as possible.
For example, if you’ve been posting updates
about yourself using facebook, twitter, instagram and other forms of internet
vehicles. Why not post quotations from the bible instead? Why not post
something that would inspire others to take seriously their faith? By
doing this you inspire others and you perpetuate the teachings of Jesus.
What are you doing to spread Jesus and your faith using the internet? - Marino J. Dasmarinas
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