Gospel: Matthew 7:21, 24-27
(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.
“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.”
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Reflection:
What would happen to us if we always
pray yet we don’t live our faith? For example we always pray the Holy Rosary every
day or we go to Holy Mass every Sunday yet we don’t allow the Holy Spirit to
change us? We would easily succumb to worldly temptations and we render useless
our acts of worship for God.
The Philippines is a catholic country,
in fact more than eighty percent (80%) of us are Catholics and the majority of
our leaders are Catholics. yet corruption is deeply rooted in our government.
Why is this so? This is for the reason that we are only good at worshipping God
but we don’t allow our worship for God to transform us.
What does Jesus want from all of us? He
wants us to worship Him and allow this same worship for Him to transform us. So
that we could become His true and faithful followers, it’s very easy to pray so
that others would see us. However, the real qualification for us to be called a
follower of Jesus is when we allow our worship for Him to transform us.
What will happen to us if we let our
prayers to transform us according to the will of the Father in heaven? We
would 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 (Luke 7:24-25).
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