Gospel: Matthew 10:7-15
The laborer
deserves his keep. Whatever town or village you enter, look for a worthy person
in it, and stay there until you leave. As you enter a house, wish it peace. If
the house is worthy, let your peace come upon it; if not, let your peace return
to you.
Whoever will
not receive you or listen to your words— go outside that house or town and
shake the dust from your feet. Amen, I say to you, it will be more tolerable
for the land of Sodom and Gomorrah on the Day of Judgment than for that town.
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Reflection:
Do we expect
to receive something in return for the things that we do for God? We better not
expect because when our expectations are not meet we would be disappointed.
Let’s just do good and be content with the fact that we’ve done good to our
fellowmen.
Money rules
they say, but for those who follow Jesus money does not rule and money doesn’t
dictate. It’s Jesus who rules and dictates, when we allow Jesus to rule and
dictate our life. We are free from worries that emanates from this world and we
are not beholden to anybody in this world.
When Jesus
was sending off his twelve apostles to their mission, one of His specific
declarations for them was this: not to let money or anything worldly rule over
them. Jesus instead wanted His apostles to let Him rule their lives.
When we let
Jesus rule our lives, we no longer care about worldly possessions. Instead, we
will be satisfied with what we have, no matter how meager the things that we have.
This is because we believe that the essence and fullness of life is not
measured by material ownership.
Let us
therefore seek Jesus in our lives for when we have Jesus we have everything. –
Marino J. Dasmarinas
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