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 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 or sickness.
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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