Gospel: Matthew 12:46-50
While Jesus was speaking to the crowds, his mother and his brothers
appeared outside, wishing to speak with him. Someone told him, “Your mother and
your brothers are standing outside, asking to speak with you.” But he said in
reply to the one who told him, “Who is my mother? Who are my brothers?” And
stretching out his hand toward his disciples, he said, “Here are my mother and
my brothers. For whoever does the will of my heavenly Father is my brother, and
sister, and mother.”
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Reflection:
How can we become relatives of Jesus?
Jesus Himself reveals the secret to us: “For whoever does the will of my
heavenly Father is my brother, and sister, and mother." And what is the
will of the heavenly Father for us? It’s for us to do good always and to be
collaborator of Jesus in spreading the good news and to follow Jesus.
Jesus also cited the disciples as His mother and brothers for they were
all faithful follower. We do not know the personal background of each disciple but
surely some of them were sinners like us. But notwithstanding their sins they
still chose to follow Jesus and completely left behind their sinful past. Thus,
Jesus called them His mother and brothers.
Therefore, the moment we choose to follow Jesus we already are called His
relative. What does to follow Jesus mean? It’s to follow Jesus by immersing our
feet in the river of sacrifice, love, forgiveness, mercy, compassion and so
forth.
How about us? Have we already immersed our feet in the river of
sacrifice, love, forgiveness, compassion and the like? Have we finally
decided to follow Jesus and leave behind our sinful past?
Jesus yearns for us to become his relative too! – Marino J. Dasmarinas
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