Jesus said to his Apostles: “As you go, make this
proclamation: ‘The Kingdom of heaven is at hand.’ Cure the sick, raise the
dead, cleanse the lepers, drive out demons. Without cost you have received;
without cost you are to give. Do not take gold or silver or copper for your
belts; no sack for the journey, or a second tunic, or sandals, or walking
stick. The laborer deserves his keep. Whatever town or village you enter, look
for a worthy person in it, and stay there until you leave. As you enter a
house, wish it peace. If the house is worthy, let your peace come upon it; if
not, let your peace return to you. Whoever will not receive you or listen to
your words— go outside that house or town and shake the dust from your feet.
Amen, I say to you, it will be more tolerable for the land of Sodom and
Gomorrah on the Day of Judgment than for that town.
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Reflection:
Do you expect to receive something in return for the
things that you do for the greater glory of God? Better not expect because when our
expectations are not meet we would be disappointed. Let’s just do good and be
content with the fact that we’ve done good to our fellowmen.
Money rules they say, but for those who follow Jesus
money does not rule and money doesn’t dictate. It’s Jesus who rules and
dictates, when we allow Jesus to rule and dictate our life. We are free from
worries that emanates from this world and we are not beholden to anybody in
this world.
When Jesus was sending off his twelve apostles to
their mission. One of His specific declarations for them is this: not to let
money or anything that is worldly rule over them. Jesus instead wanted His
apostles to let Him rule their lives.
When we let Jesus rule our lives we will not anymore
care about worldly possessions. We instead will be satisfied with what we have
no matter how meager the things that we have. This is for the reason that we
already believe that the essence and fullness of life is not measured by
material ownership.
What is with material things when it can be taken
away from you anytime? Seek Jesus in your life for when you have Jesus you have
everything. – Marino J. Dasmarinas
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