Gospel: Matthew 7:21-29
Jesus said to his disciples: “Not everyone who says
to me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter the Kingdom of heaven, but only the one who
does the will of my Father in heaven. Many will say to me on that day, ‘Lord,
Lord, did we not prophesy in your name? Did we not drive out demons in your
name? Did we not do mighty deeds in your name?’ Then I will declare to them
solemnly, ‘I never knew you. Depart from me, you evildoers.’
“Everyone who listens to these words of mine and
acts on them will be like a wise man who built his house on rock. The rain
fell, the floods came, and the winds blew and buffeted the house. But it did
not collapse; it had been set solidly on rock. And everyone who listens to
these words of mine but does not act on them will be like a fool who built his
house on sand. The rain fell, the floods came, and the winds blew and buffeted
the house. And it collapsed and was completely ruined.”
When Jesus finished these words, the crowds were
astonished at his teaching, for he taught them as one having authority, and not
as their scribes.
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Reflection:
Does a priest have a
safe passage to heaven? Does a nun have a safe passage to heaven? Does a
Catholic blogger like me have a safe passage to heaven?
The answers to all
of these questions are no! Nobody has a monopoly of heavenly dwelling, everyone
of us has a chance provided we do the will of God and we live our lives
according to how God wants us to live it.
So what are we going
to do? We have to live what we preach and teach for if we don’t live what we
preach and teach we have no chance of entering heaven someday. Many are only
good with teaching and preaching and it ends there. So very much like the false
prophets who were only good at preaching and teaching but live unholy lives.
Jesus himself tells
us this: "Not everyone who says to me, 'Lord, Lord,' will enter the
Kingdom of heaven, but only the one who does the will of my Father in heaven
(Matthew 7:21).
Jesus knows
everything about us! If to our fellowmen we could sugarcoat our image as Godly
with Jesus we cannot. For He knows our deepest secrets, He knows if we are only
pretending to be Godly.
Jesus knows as well the
secret lives that we live and the hidden sins that we commit we can’t hide anything
from Him. We therefore must reform and leave behind anything that makes us
sin. – Marino J. Dasmarinas
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