Gospel: Matthew 8:18-22
When Jesus saw a crowd around him, he gave orders to cross to the other
shore. A scribe approached and said to him, “Teacher, I will follow you
wherever you go.” Jesus answered him, “Foxes have dens and birds of the sky
have nests, but the Son of Man has nowhere to rest his head.” Another of his
disciples said to him, “Lord, let me go first and bury my father.” But Jesus
answered him, “Follow me, and let the dead bury their dead.”
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Reflection:
Up to where are you willing to follow Jesus? Would you still follow Him
if He leads you to care for the poor and the sick? Would you still follow Him
if He leads you to a life of poverty? Would you still follow Him if He leads
you to a life of sacrifice and perseverance?
These questions are very hard to answer for the simple reason that we are
already used to a life of comfort and ease. But there were many and there are
still many right now who left everything including their comfortable life and
thier treasures for the life of sacrifice and poverty with Jesus.
If we ask them how are they now after they’ve decided to leave everything
behind just to follow Jesus? They will simply tell us that they’ve never been
happier and that their present life with Jesus is the best status that they’ve
ever had in their life.
A life with Jesus is always the best life even if it leads us to poverty,
even if it leads us to care for the poor and the sick and even if it leads us
to a life of sacrifice and perseverance. – Marino J.
Dasmarinas
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