May 24, 2016Tuesday, 8th Week in Ordinary Time
1st Reading:
1 Pt 1: 10-16
Gospel: Mk 10:28-31
Peter spoke up and said to Jesus, “We have given up everything to follow you.” Jesus answered, “Truly, there is no one who has left house or brothers or sisters, or father or mother, or children, or lands for my sake and for the Gospel, who will not receive his reward. I say to you: even in the midst of persecution he will receive a hundred times as many houses, brothers, sisters, mothers, children, and lands in the present time and in the world to come eternal life. Do pay attention: Many who now are first will be last, and the last, first.”
D@iGITAL-EXPERIENCE
(Daily Gospel in the Assimilated Life Experience)
Today’s Gospel is sequel to yesterday’s story of the rich young man who failed the last test of discipleship by refusing to sell everything he had. His problem was that he was too rich and he couldn’t just give up what he had amassed by the sweat of his brow. Jesus’ disciples watched in silence as the rich young man walked away sad. The walk out was a deafening challenge to the disciples whose discipleship didn’t pass the same acid test. What did they give up, anyway, other than tattered nets, old fishing boats, and probably a nagging mother-in-law?
Contrary to what the rich young man might have thought, Jesus was actually easy to please. He accepted the disciples although they had nothing big to give up. And when the disciples had the nerves of asking for their reward, Jesus was not irked. Instead he assured them saying, “Truly, there is no one who has left house or brothers or sisters, or father or mother, or children, or lands for my sake and for the Gospel, who will not receive his reward…”
If the disciples were deemed fit to receive a reward for the meager things they gave up, surely the rich young man deserved something, at least for fulfilling all the commandments. But he turned away from Jesus. In effect he waived any reward God had in store for him for his perfect compliance of the commandments.
How inspiring to know that God takes pleasure over human generosity no matter how negligible by divine standards. God’s love is so sensitive that any little act of love of a human person creates vibrations that disturb God. Let’s call this the human- divine resonance doctrine. This resonance sets reciprocity in motion. This reciprocity works to the greater advantage of human beings because when God reciprocates, he does so “in good measure, pressed down and flowing over” (Luke 6:38). So let’s be generous to the Lord. It doesn’t take much to love him, and he is not difficult to love.– (Atty.) Rev. Fr. Dan Domingo P. delos Angeles, Jr., DM. Email:[email protected].
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