Gospel Reflection: Mt 13:24-13 (or Mt 13:24-30)

Gospel: Mt 13:24-13 (or Mt 13:24-30)
Event: Feast of St. Alexius, Confessor (July 17, 2011)

Pericope:
"It is smaller than all other seeds, but once it has fully grown, it is bigger than any garden plant; like a tree, the birds come and rest in its branches."

Reflection:
"But once it has fully grown, it is bigger than any garden plant" Jesus come up with a solution, better than what we, normal human beings can make. Jesus considers more, opens His minds and gives 'evil people' a chance to change, while us, we tend to close our minds and let this people vanish quickly. Well, in the reality, once caught and committed a serious crime, then you are put on a death row and beheaded, or by the use of electric chair, gas chamber, hanging, lethal injection, you are executed, which is ethically wrong. Let us remember: Only God has the right to end our life, and no other.

My other point is: What we see in people, today may not be the same in the future. Because every day is a new day, every  year we can have a 'new life', and anytime we can gradually start to change. People we see today as 'good' may NOT be better in the future, and those we see as 'bad' may NOT be worse. It's like the story of rabbit and the turtle, you can never predict what's going to happen in the future and the problem in our society is taht superiors continue to underestimate the capability of the inferiors. In us, that might be normal that we ONLY SEE the present status of a person and base our judgement (to him) with that. But if it's Jesus, he'll consider what happen in that person's PAST that led him to his PRESENT status and gives him a change to change for his FUTURE.

That's why I always tell myself and (to other people who are degraded by these 'first-class' people), that 'You may be a nerd right now, you may not have much fame and talent they posses, that I may be the 'turtle' right now, but that won't be forever. These hardships you're going through is for your future, for your family and everything that matters to you, for as long as you have your faith with you, you can still surpass the 'rabbits' of the society and win the race of this life.


(i got perfect ten for this)