Jesus entered
the temple area and proceeded to drive out those who were selling things,
saying to them, “It is written, My house shall be a house of prayer, but you
have made it a den of thieves.” And every day he was teaching in the temple
area. The chief priests, the scribes, and the leaders of the people, meanwhile,
were seeking to put him to death, but they could find no way to accomplish
their purpose because all the people were hanging on his words.
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Reflection:
Do you cling
to the words of Jesus as if your very life depends on it? Is your day not
complete without reading or listening to His words? In the gospel the chief
priest, the scribes and the leaders of the people wanted to kill Jesus. But
they couldn’t execute it because they were afraid of the people most especially
the ordinary people. For the reason that they treasure every word and
pronouncement of Jesus.
The chief
priest, the scribes and the leaders of the people are considered as
intellectual or learned yet they did not believe Jesus. But the common folks,
they believe Jesus and they hang to His every word.
Many of the
people of today don’t anymore treasure the words of Jesus they instead value
more this world than Jesus. They let the hedonistic language of this world
dictate upon them. And the words of Jesus? It has no more use to them, no
wonder many people most especially the young ones live misguided and
misdirected lives.
Let us
revisit once again the words of Jesus which we can easily find in the bible and
let us read it everyday. Let us allow it to direct our life instead of this
world shaping our lives.
Someday when
we are already old and sickly we will find out that the passion that we’ve
devoted for this world amounts to nothing. For the simple reason that whatever
we’ve earned in this world we will leave behind. The only treasure that we can
bring with us onto the afterlife is our faith and love for Jesus. – Marino J.
Dasmarinas
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