Jesus said to the disciples: “The Kingdom of heaven
is like a net thrown into the sea, which collects fish of every kind. When it
is full they haul it ashore and sit down to put what is good into buckets. What
is bad they throw away. Thus, it will be at the end of the age. The angels will
go out and separate the wicked from the righteous and throw them into the fiery
furnace, where there will be wailing and grinding of teeth.”
“Do you understand all these things?” They answered,
“Yes.” And he replied, “Then every scribe who has been instructed in the
Kingdom of heaven is like the head of a household who brings from his storeroom
both the new and the old.” When Jesus finished these parables, he went away
from there.
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Reflection:
Do you know how to fish using a net?
When a net is thrown
into the sea it catches every fish that it could. It doesn’t discriminate it
gets everything that is within its reach.
Our church is like a
net thrown into a sea of humanity. It doesn’t categorize neither discriminate. Everyone is welcome; good or bad, black or white, sinner and non-sinner
everyone is welcome to enter our church. For this is what Jesus wants us to do;
invite everyone to enter and eventually join our church.
But don’t we somehow
discriminate and judge others for the simple reason that we don’t like them or
we don't like what wear and do? The moment we judge, it’s like saying that God
only wants the righteous to be in HIS church. It’s like saying that the net
which is thrown into the sea is a discriminating net, but it’s not. For the net
is for every fish that it could catch.
This is perhaps an
eye opener for all of us; we who are often times judgmental and we who discriminate. Let us leave judgment to the Lord for who we are to judge. Let us humbly continue to share and live our
faith with the end in mind that we could convince others whomever they maybe to
follow Jesus. – Marino J. Dasmarinas
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