Tuesday,
September 18, 2018
24th Week in Ordinary Time
1st Reading: |
1 Cor 12: 12-31
Gospel: Luke 7:11-17
Jesus went to a town called Naim and many of his disciples went with him – a great number of people. As he reached the gate of the town, a dead man was being carried out. He was the only son of his mother and she was a widow; there followed a large crowd of townspeople.
On seeing her, the Lord had pity on her and said, “Don’t cry.” Then he came up and touched the stretcher and the men who carried it stopped. Jesus then said, “Young man, awake, I tell you.” And the dead man got up and began to speak, and Jesus gave him to his mother. A holy fear came over them all and they praised God saying, “A great prophet has appeared among us; God has visited his people.” This news spread out in the Jewish country and the surrounding places.
D@iGITAL… EXPERIENCE
Daily Gospel in the Assimilated Life Experience
The widow of today’s Gospel is a picture of misery. Widows in those days were ranked among the underprivileged. As if being widow was not enough, life also took away her only son. With no one to take care of her in her old age, she virtually became a walking dead. She had nothing left but tears to shed. When Jesus saw her cry he was moved with pity, brought back life to her son, and gave the son back to her. The tears that summarized her weakness became her powerful tool of salvation.
Psalm 34 assures us that the Lord hears the cry of the poor. Why are the tears of the poor so powerful? Why are the cries of the poor so loud before the Lord? Probably it is because the poor who cries out to the Lord have no other shoulders to cry on. God does not have the heart to abandon the person who has no one to run to except Him.
Are you in tears because you are facing a blank wall? Rejoice because the source of your sorrow may just be the source of your salvation. Problems can direct you to the right path because sometimes it takes a painful situation to make you change your ways (Proverbs 20:30). “When you have many kinds of troubles, you should be full of joy, because you know that these troubles test your faith, and this will give you patience” (James 1: 2-3). Troubles may also be the tool you need to grow in perfection. As the Psalmist puts it, “It was the best thing that could have happened to me, for it taught me to pay attention to your laws” (Psalm 119:71-72).
If, contrary to the above cited biblical passages, you feel that your troubles are taking you somewhere else, don’t lose hope. As Jesus saved the widow from a damned future by giving life back to her son, God will come to your rescue and bail you out. – (Atty.) Rev. Fr. Dan Domingo P. delos Angeles, Jr., D.M. Email: [email protected].
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