Aren't we amazed at the love story telenovelas (soap operas) that we usually see on TV especially in the Filipino Channel (TFC). Sometimes we find it hard to believe that people in love could do things out of bounds. And all for the sake of the person he/she loves. But we can not deny the fact that we sometimes also see it happening around us. This kind of love that drives people crazy and make them do things that are farfetched means that we are capable of giving our all to someone we are in a relationship with. Just consider this even for a moment, if this kind of love is possible then we should realize that if there's someone whom we should engage in a relationship with first and foremost then that is no other than Jesus our God and all other relationships will surely work out for good. He deserves all the love, praise and adoration that any human being could possibly give. Amen. Hallelujah!
Colossians 1:15-20
15 Brothers and sisters, Christ Jesus is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of all creation. 16 For in him were created all things in heaven and on earth, the visible and the invisible, whether thrones or dominions or principalities or powers; all things were created through him and for him. 17 He is before all things, and in him all things hold together. 18 He is the head of the body, the church. He is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead, that in all things he himself might be preeminent...
Whenever we are in a relationship with someone and give our 100% into it then we can not help but expect it to work. But there are times too, when we have given our all and yet it doesn't seem to be enough. We sometimes are bound for disappointments. When these things happen then there is really no reason to be sad for we can always go to God for consolation whose love for us endures forever. Amen. Hallelujah!
P S A L M Psalm 100:1b-2. 3. 4. 5
R: Come with joy into the presence of the Lord.
...Know that the LORD is God; he made us, his we are; his people, the flock he tends...For he is good the LORD, whose kindness endures forever, and his faithfulness, to all generations.
What we encounter everyday is all a part of life. It's in fact very simple if we are to look at it from today's gospel point of view. Whenever we go through life we need to keep this piece of advice in mind. What's done is done. What's past is past. We can't continue bringing up the past and ruin what's in the present. Though, we must not forget the lessons of the past we have to move on and do what is supposed to be done at the moment, which is to mind the present and look forward to the best future we can work for. Another thing we are sometimes guilty of is, judging people based only on what we see from the outside. We tend to make our own judgments and label people although not always openly, in accordance to our own personal standards. This should not be the case rather we should always follow the example of Jesus as in today's gospel when He tried to point out the importance or precedence of one thing over the other in certain situations but at the same time did not disregard outright the importance of the other. We sometimes make decisions and do things at one particular point in our life that may seem hard to explain and understand for some people. In the same way that the scribes and Pharisees failed to grasp or maybe deliberately ignored just to brag about their being right about fasting and prayer and find a loophole in Jesus. We are sometimes guilty of this when we tend to always look at the negative rather than choose to build up what is right, fitting and most essential thing to do that is being called for at the specific moment. We sometimes have to be very discreet and always consult God in every single thing that we do. If we always draw near to God then He will surely draw near to us and we will find it easier to follow His voice and directions without being dissuaded and influenced by the so called scribes and Pharisees in our own lives that aim to sometimes confuse and mislead us or our own tendency to be like them. In all things let the fruits of the Holy Spirit (love, peace, joy, patience, kindness, goodness, meekness/ humility, self control and faithfulness) guide and direct us when we encounter such situations. Amen. Hallelujah!
Luke 5:33-39
33 The scribes and Pharisees said to Jesus, “The disciples of John the Baptist fast often and offer prayers, and the disciples of the Pharisees do the same; but yours eat and drink.” 34 Jesus answered them, “Can you make the wedding guests fast while the bridegroom is with them? 35 But the days will come, and when the bridegroom is taken away from them, then they will fast in those days.” 36 And he also told them a parable. “No one tears a piece from a new cloak to patch an old one. Otherwise, he will tear the new and the piece from it will not match the old cloak. 37 Likewise, no one pours new wine into old wineskins. Otherwise, the new wine will burst the skins, and it will be spilled, and the skins will be ruined. 38 Rather, new wine must be poured into fresh wineskins. 39 And no one who has been drinking old wine desires new, for he says, ‘The old is good.’ ”
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