July 14, 2014 Monday
15th Week in Ordinary Time
1st Reading: Is 1:10-7
Gospel: Mt 10:34—11:1
Jesus said to his apostles, “Do not think that I have come to establish peace on earth. I have not come to bring peace, but a sword. For I have come to set a man against his father and daughter against her mother; a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law. Each one will have as enemies those of one’s own family.Whoever loves father or mother more than me is not worthy of me. And whoever loves son or daughter more than me is not cross and come after me is not worthy of me. And whoever does not take up his worthy of me. One who wants to benefit from his life will lose it; one who loses his life for my sake will find it.Whoever welcomes you welcomes me, and whoever welcomes me welcomes him who sent me. The one who welcomes a prophet as a prophet will receive the reward of a prophet; the one who welcomes a just man because he is a just man will receive the reward of a just man. And if anyone gives even a cup of cold water to one of these little ones, because he is a disciple of mine, I assure you, he will not go unrewarded.”When Jesus had giving his twelve disciples these instructions, he went on from there finished to teach and to proclaim his message in their towns.
D@iGITAL-EXPERIENCE
(Daily Gospel in the
Assimilated
Life Experience)
A joke is told of an accused cross-examined in court whether or not he really committed the theft. The prosecutor asked: “Did you really steal the television set, money, et-coetera?” The accused thought for a while and said, “I confess I stole the television set and the money, but please do not accuse me of stealing the et-coetera. I do not even know what it is.”
The abbreviated word “etc.” is borrowed from the Latin “et coetra” which means “and all the others”. It is only a three letter abbreviation but it can mean everything else we don’t find important to enumerate. Unfortunately God is not spared, for many shelve him to the world of the “et coetera”. Even the mention of his name irks some. Others want God out of their business transactions. God is an appendix to the life of most people.
But in today’s Gospel Jesus tells us that God should be above all else. Even when it should come to the point of choosing between God and parents, God should be the right choice. In this context it makes sense that Jesus did not come to establish peace on earth. Loyalty to him can cause divisions even in closely united families. He wants our choice of Him to be the foundation of all our options. He wants to be king of our lives not in the world of “et coetera”. – Rev. Fr. Dan Domingo P. delos Angeles, Jr., DM. Email: dan.delosangeles@gmail.com. Website: www.frdan.org.
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