Gospel: Matthew 7:6, 12-14
Jesus said to his disciples: "Do not give what is holy to dogs, or
throw your pearls before swine, lest they trample them underfoot, and turn
and tear you to pieces."Do to others whatever you would have them do to
you. This is the Law and the Prophets.
"Enter through the narrow gate; for the gate is wide and the road
broad that leads to destruction, and those who enter through it are many. How
narrow the gate and constricted the road that leads to life. And those who find
it are few."
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Reflection:
The story is told about a man who was advised by his mother to stop going
out with his friends that only brought troubles and problems into his life. He
adamantly defended his friends and he continued with his friendship with his
troublesome, drunkards and drug user friends. He continued this until they met
an accident which resulted in him being paralyzed.
In the gospel Jesus tells us to enter the narrow gate. What is this
narrow gate? The narrow gate is the doorway to righteousness and the doorway to
be friends with Jesus. The narrow gate is the well-meaning advices of our
relatives and friends which we don’t follow.
We often times refuse to enter this narrow gate because it initially
curtails our earthly happiness and desires. We prefer to enter the wide gate
because it gives us liberty to follow our earthly desires which only leads us
to sin even destruction.
When we decide to go through the narrow gate there surely would be some
discomfort for the simple reason that we are not used to it. For example, from
a hedonistic life we now decide to turn a new leaf and begin to live a clean
life with Jesus.
We surely would go through some humps and bumps however it’s just
temporary. Sooner we will find out that the narrow gate that leads to Jesus
will give us true serenity, happiness and peace.
Let us prefer the narrow gate that leads to Jesus no matter how hard and
difficult it may seem. – Marino J. Dasmarinas
2 comments:
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Maraming salamat at God bless you!
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