Gospel: Luke 19:45-48
And every day he was teaching in the temple area. The chief priests, the scribes, and the leaders of the people, meanwhile, were seeking to put him to death, but they could find no way to accomplish their purpose because all the people were hanging on his words.
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Reflection:
Do you cling to the words of Jesus as if your very life depends on it? Is your day not complete without reading and reflecting on His words? In the gospel the chief priest, the scribes and the leaders of the people wanted to kill Jesus. But they couldn’t execute it because they were afraid of the people most especially the ordinary people. For the reason that they treasure every word and pronouncement of Jesus.
The chief priest, the scribes and the leaders of the people are considered as intellectual or learned yet they did not believe Jesus. But the common folks, they believe Jesus and they cling to His every word.
Many of the people of today don’t anymore treasure the words of Jesus they instead value more this world than Jesus. They let the hedonistic language of this world dictate upon them. And the words of Jesus? It has no more use for them, no wonder many people most especially the young ones live misguided and misdirected lives.
Let us revisit once again the words of Jesus which we can easily find in the bible and let us read it everyday. Let us allow it to direct our lives instead of this world shaping our lives.
Someday when we are already old and sickly we will find out that the passion that we’ve devoted for this world amounts to nothing. For the simple reason that whatever we’ve earned and done in this world we will leave behind. And the things that we’ve done in this world may also be our ticket to hell . The only treasure that we can bring with us onto the afterlife going to heaven is our faith and love for Jesus. – Marino J. Dasmarinas
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