FRIDAY 18TH WEEK IN
ORDINARY TIME YEAR B.
1ST READING: NAHUM
1:15; 2:2; 3:1-3. 6-7
GOSPEL: MATTHEW 16:24-28
THEME: GARBAGE IN GARBAGE OUT.
It is only in God that our lives
is saved. Outside him, we are nothing. The first reading puts two ways of
reward for us to see. On the feet of the mountain of those who bring good
things and who proclaim peace, there we shall keep our feast. This calls us to
always bring good things and proclaim peace always for the rest of the reading
tells us what will happen to those who will not fulfill that. There will even
be no one to morn them. Which means no hope.
In the gospel, Jesus is also
warning us on how we should live our lives in other to get him as our reward.
If any man will follow me, let him deny himself and take up his cross and
follow me (Matthew 16:24). Again, what shall it profit a man to gain the whole
world and loose his soul (Mark 8:36). All these are determined by what we put
in through our actions. The son of man is to come with his angels to repay each
man according to his deeds (Matthew16:27). Here brought the theme to a bare
ground.
What maybe your reward, my reward
when the son of man comes? Will it be losing our lives or gaining eternal life?
Will it be holding our lives and leaving the cross of Christ? This induction is
conditional anyway, we can choose to or not but we will be repaid according to
what we have put in. once you want to make it in life, you must carry Christ’s
cross. That cross will fetch you and I a good reward when he comes to reward
each man according to his deeds. Thanks.
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