Sunday, July 30, 2017 17th Sunday in Ordinary Time 1st Reading: 1st Kings 3:5,7-12 2nd Reading: Romans 8:28-30 Gospel: Matthew 13:44-52
Jesus said to the crowds, “The kingdom of heaven is like a treasure hidden in a field. The one who finds it buries it again; and so happy is he, that he goes and sells everything he has, in order to buy that field.
“Again the kingdom of heaven is like a trader who is looking for fine pearls. Once he has found a pearl of exceptional quality, he goes away, sells everything he has and buys it.
“Again, the kingdom of heaven is like a big fishing net let down into the sea, in which every kind of fish has been caught. When the net is full, it is dragged ashore. Then they sit down and gather the good fish in buckets, but throw the worthless ones away. That is how it will be at the end of time; the angels will go out to separate the wicked from the just and throw them into the blazing furnace, where they will weep and gnash their teeth.”
Jesus asked, “Have you understood all these things?” “Yes,” they answered. So he said to them, “You will see that every teacher of the Law who becomes a disciple of the Kingdom is like a householder who can produce from his store things both new and old.”
D@iGITAL-EXPERIENCE
(Daily Gospel in the
Assimilated Life
Experience)
A story is told of a man who decided to invite the Lord to his house. When the Lord arrived, the young man offered him the best room in the house upstairs at the end of the hall.
That evening after he had retired for the night there came a loud knocking at the front door. When he opened the door he found that the devil had sent dozens of demons to attack him. He quickly tried to close the door but the demons were very strong. For more than three hours he fought and struggled against the demons from hell, and finally overtook them enough to shut the door against their attack.
The next morning he decided to inquire from the Lord about the happenings of the last two evenings. “Lord, I really thought that once I invited you in to live with me you would take care of me. I gave you the best room in my house and everything. What more can I do?”
“My precious child,” Jesus spoke so softly. “You brought me to this lovely room and you shut the door to the rest of your house. I am Lord of this room but I am not Master of this house” (From the internet).
We’d prefer that Jesus is locked up so we can shamelessly carry on with our illicit affairs. We want him around when we are in crisis but we want him to withdraw to the nook we have assigned to him when no longer needed. In this kind of relationship, Jesus is the servant and we his master. –(Atty.) Rev. Fr. Dan Domingo P. delos Angeles, Jr., DM.
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