Reflection for FRIDAY, 2nd Week, Ordinary Time.
By
Fr. Aloysius Santiago sdb
Director, Social Action Movement, Don Bosco Bidar
Today's Word of God
Mark 3:13-19
Jesus went up on a mountainside and called to him those he wanted, and they came to him. He appointed twelve that they might be with him and that he might send them out to preach and to have authority to drive out demons. These are the twelve he appointed: Simon (to whom he gave the name Peter), James son of Zebedee and his brother John (to them he gave the name Boanerges, which means “sons of thunder”), Andrew, Philip, Bartholomew, Matthew, Thomas, James son of Alphaeus, Thaddaeus, Simon the Zealot and Judas Iscariot, who betrayed him.
Meditation on the Word of God
We would certainly like things to start well and to end well.
Even if things don’t start well, we will still hope that things will end well.
But it is certainly disappointing when things start well and then along the way, things get messed up and it all went wrong.
Of course, there are lessons to learn from such “good starting – bad ending” experiences.
From such experiences we will gain the wisdom of being more careful and cautious of being side-tracking and losing focus on the objective.
When Jesus chose the Twelve, He saw that they had the potential to be instruments of carrying on His mission.
But one of them, Judas Iscariot, had other ideas along the way and eventually became a traitor.
It was such a sad and tragic ending for a man who was personally chosen by Jesus.
It also serves to remind us that we can’t be too smug about our life and about our faith.
In fact, the man who thinks that he is safe should be careful not to fall.
Jesus has chosen us to be His own. Let us always be faithful to Him and to be focused and committed to Him.
With Jesus and in Jesus, we will know that all will end well.
GOD BLESS YOU
Good morning. Have a nice day.
Happy feast of Sts. Fabian and Sebastian, I Martyrs