Gospel: Mark 7:31-37
Jesus left the district of Tyre and went by way of Sidon to the Sea of
Galilee, into the district of the Decapolis. And people brought to him a deaf
man who had a speech impediment and begged him to lay his hand on him. He took
him off by himself away from the crowd. He put his finger into the man’s ears
and, spitting, touched his tongue; then he looked up to heaven and groaned, and
said to him, “Ephphatha!” (that is, “Be opened!”) And immediately the man’s
ears were opened, his speech impediment was removed, and he spoke plainly. He ordered
them not to tell anyone. But the more he ordered them not to the more they
proclaimed it. They were exceedingly astonished and they said, He has done all
things well. He makes the deaf hear and the mute speak.
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Reflection:
A young man was complaining to his father who was a Eucharistic minister
that he doesn’t feel the presence of Jesus in his life. His father told him,
examine your lifestyle, you are always out with your friends. If your home
you’re always in front of the computer if not you are tinkering with your smart
phone or and watching tv. The father further said, if you continue with that
lifestyle you will really not feel the presence of Jesus in your life.
How can we have an up close and personal encounter with Jesus? It’s when
the environment around us is silent there’s no presence of anyone except us and
Jesus. This is always the most conducive environment for us to have an
encounter with Jesus. It’s very difficult to encounter and feel the
presence of Jesus when there are many people around and when there is noise.
In the quietness of your life you will be able to encounter and feel the
healing presence of Jesus. And in the quietness of your life you would be able
to hear the voice of Jesus. Telling you what you need to hear so that you can
have the motivation and energy to move on amidst the noisy grind of your life.
Do you feel the presence of Jesus in your life? If no, then try to live
a quite life and try to give time for Jesus more than you give time in
satisfying your pleasure seeking and loud lifestyle. This doesn’t mean that you
will be isolating yourself from your friends and usual environment.
This simply means that you’ll lessen the noise in your life and you
lessen your engagement with worldly pleasures. Yet you still connect yourself
to this world not anymore to seek earthly pleasures. But to seek people who are
engaged with earthly pleasures so that you could bring them closer to Jesus.
The deaf mute man in our gospel was healed by Jesus not in the midst of
the noisy crowd. Jesus instead brought the deaf mute man away from the crowd.
To be with Him alone in a quiet place and in the stillness of the environment
Jesus healed him (Mark 7:33-35).
Do you regularly have your own quiet time with Jesus? – Marino J.
Dasmarinas
September 5,2018
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Good day po Sir Marino Dasmarinas,
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