Reflection for January 30 Thursday of the Third Week in Ordinary Time: Mark 4:21-25

Gospel: Mark 4:21-25

Jesus said to his disciples, “Is a lamp brought in to be placed under a bushel basket or under a bed, and not to be placed on a lampstand? For there is nothing hidden except to be made visible; nothing is secret except to come to light. Anyone who has ears to hear ought to hear.” 

He also told them, “Take care what you hear. The measure with which you measure will be measured out to you, and still more will be given to you. To the one who has, more will be given; from the one who has not, even what he has will be taken away.”

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Reflection:

Generosity always breeds abundant blessings. For example, if we are always generous, we can be assured that whatever we give will come back to us a hundredfold. Let us observe those who are generous or those who always lend a helping hand. 

Are they in want of anything, or are they lacking in blessings from the Lord? No, they are not in want. The flow of God’s blessings to them is like a stream or a river. 

On the other hand, notice those who are miserly, those who seldom give help, or those who are tightfisted. The blessings of the Lord come to them only in a trickle. 

Jesus, in our Gospel reading for today, tells us: “The measure with which you measure will be measured out to you” (Mark 4:24). In plain and simple language, this means that what we give will come back to us. 

If we give generously, we will receive more than what we have given. This is what Jesus is telling us. —Marino J. Dasmarinas