Gospel: Matthew 8:18-22
When Jesus saw a crowd around him, he gave orders to
cross to the other shore. A scribe approached and said to him, “Teacher, I will
follow you wherever you go.” Jesus answered him, “Foxes have dens and birds of
the sky have nests, but the Son of Man has nowhere to rest his head.” Another
of his disciples said to him, “Lord, let me go first and bury my father.” But
Jesus answered him, “Follow me, and let the dead bury their dead.”
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Reflection:
Are you always generous with the God given talents
or gifts that you have?
In the first
sentence of the gospel it would appear that Jesus was trying to evade the crowd
that has been following Him for healing. But no the situation is not as what it
appears it was rather time for Jesus to move on and share His gift of preaching
and healing with other places.
Jesus is an
itinerant preacher and healer; as much as possible He wants to share His many
super natural gifts with as many people as He can. This is the reason why He
wants to go to other places as much as He can. For the reason that Jesus’ wants
to share His talents without expecting anything in return.
Each of us has been
blessed by God with gifts/talents that He wants us to share. It may be the gift
of preaching, it may be the gift of writing about God it may be the gift of
empathy, unconditional love and concern. It may be the gift of attentively
listening to those who are burdened, it may be the gift of material wealth and
the like.
Let us generously
share these blessings let us not hoard it for ourselves. – Marino J. Dasmarinas
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