Gospel: Matthew 7:21-29
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. Many will say to me on that day, ‘Lord, Lord, did we not
prophesy in your name? Did we not drive out demons in your name? Did we not do
mighty deeds in your name?’ Then I will declare to them solemnly, ‘I never knew
you. Depart from me, you evildoers.’
“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.”
When Jesus finished these words, the crowds were astonished at his
teaching, for he taught them as one having authority, and not as their scribes.
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Reflection:
"I like your Christ; I do not like your Christians. Your Christians
are so unlike your Christ." - Mahatma Gandhi.
It was said that Gandhi was being encouraged to embrace the Christian
faith when he said this famous quotation. He admired Christ deeply but he did
not admire what he saw on the followers of Jesus, that includes us.
Maybe, Gandhi saw these Christians who only pay lip service to their
faith, who are only active on worship but deficient in living their faith. James
2:17 says: “faith of itself, if it does not have works, is dead.”
In the gospel Jesus told 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 (Matthew 7:21).”
Some of us are active in our church worship we are always there every
Sunday for Holy Mass, some are there daily to worship God. But the irony of it
all is many of us choose to leave in the church what we hear and learn from it.
We don’t bring it home so that we can breathe and practice it.
The will of God is for us to practice and live our relationship with Him
through our fellowmen and women specially those who are in need. What is the
use of our worship for Jesus if we don’t live it? – Marino J. Dasmarinas
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