Gospel: Matthew 8:28-34
When Jesus came to the territory of the Gadarenes, two demoniacs who were
coming from the tombs met him. They were so savage that no one could travel by
that road. They cried out, “What have you to do with us, Son of God? Have you
come here to torment us before the appointed time?” Some distance away a herd of
many swine was feeding. The demons pleaded with him, “If you drive us out, send
us into the herd of swine.”
And he said to them, “Go then!” They came out and entered the swine,
and the whole herd rushed down the steep bank into the sea where they drowned.
The swineherds ran away, and when they came to the town they reported
everything, including what had happened to the demoniacs. Thereupon the whole
town came out to meet Jesus, and when they saw him they begged him to leave
their district.
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Reflection:
The story is told about a woman who believed in that satan can defeat
God. Her belief in satan slowly but surely eroded her belief in God. After a
period of time this woman was eventually possessed by satan.
Do we believe that satan can defeat God also? Better that we not believe
because the moment we believe we somehow allow the power of satan to slowly
seep into our life. Satan begins to become a reality in our life the moment we
begin to believe in its power to defeat God.
In our gospel we read about the power of Jesus over demons they were
actually no match to Jesus because they cowered before the Lord’s presence.
What does this tell us? It tells us that Jesus is the supreme power.
Evil exist within us because we allow it to exist; we give it freedom to
dwell in us. How does this transpire? This transpire when we commit sin even if
we know that what we are doing is sinful.
Thus, we give freedom for satan to have an influence in our life. As it
stays with us it also slowly but surely controls our minds that we start to
begin of thinking of evil things also.
But all is not lost yet, If we know and have faith in Jesus and if we
start to take Him and His teachings seriously. Satan will run away from us,
evil or anything that is evil will have no place anymore in our value system
and in our life.
Why? For the simple reason that Jesus is the supreme power. And when we
are always connected with Jesus evil will not be able to become an influence in
our life.– Marino J. Dasmarinas
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