Wednesday, June 26, 2019

Reflection for July 1, Monday: Thirteenth Week in Ordinary Time; Matthew 8:18-22


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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