Monday, March 4, 2019
Monday of the Eighth Week in Ordinary Time
Saint Casimir – Optional Memorial
Paminaw sa Iningles
Gitan-aw siya ni Jesus uban sa gugma ug giingnan, “Usa pa ka butang ang kulang kanimo. Lakaw, ibaligya ang imong mga kabtangan ug ihatag sa mga kabos, ug makabaton ka og bahandi sa langit; unya balik dinhi ug sunod Kanako.” Sa pagkadungog niya niini, nangitngit ang iyang panagway ug milakaw siyang masulob-on, kay daghan man siyag kabtangan. Mark 10:21-22
Adunay duha ka mahinungdanong butang nga angay hatagan og pagtagad niining teksto sa Balaang Kasulatan. Ang una mao ang tubag ni Jesus ug ang ikaduha mao ang tubag sa batan-ong adunahan.
Jesus, it says, looked at him and “loved him.” It’s important to be aware of this line as a precursor to what Jesus calls this young man to do. He calls him to give up everything he has, give it all away, and come follow Jesus. And Jesus invited him to do this out of love.
Jesus is inviting this young man to gain much more than he currently possesses. That’s why Jesus looked at him with love before He invited the young man to follow Him in a total and radical way. But, in this case, loving Jesus was going to hurt. It was going to hurt in the sense of his following of Jesus required a total sacrifice of everything. It was total and radical. It was hard, at least from a purely human and worldly standpoint. But Jesus’ love for this young man was so perfect that He was willing to invite him to endure the sacrifice of everything so that the rich man could gain so much more.
We are invited to do the same. No, we may not be called to follow Jesus in the unique and radical way of giving up all our physical possessions. But we are called to follow Jesus to the same degree of trust and abandonment to His divine will. And that will inevitably require sacrifice. Sacrifice to the greatest degree.
Our reaction to Jesus’ call to discipleship is key. How will we respond to this invitation to give completely of ourselves? The rich young man reacted at first with sorrow. He did not accept the invitation Jesus offered. We do not know if he eventually did follow Jesus in this radical and total way, but we do know his first reaction.
Kasagaran mao usab kini ang atong unang tubag. Gusto kitang magmatinud-anon ug gusto kitang mosunod kang Cristo bisan unsa pa ang Iyang ipangayo. Apan kon hatagan na kita og piho nga pagdapit sa pagtubag sa Iyang tawag, motalikod kita nga masulob-on, nga naghunahuna nga sobra ra kalisod ang gipangayo kanato.
Pamalandongi karong adlawa kining batan-ong adunahan. Tan-awa ang imong kaugalingong kinabuhi ug pamalandongi kon unsa ka kaandam ug katinuoray nga mosulti og “Oo” sa hingpit sa bisan unsang ipangayo ni Jesus kanimo. Ang pag-ingon og “Oo” nga andam mosakripisyo mao ang labing maayong desisyon nga imong mahimo. Sa pagkatinuod, kini usa ka kinabubut-ong pagdawat sa labing mahimayaong kinabuhi nga mahimo nimong puy-an.
Lord, following You at times can seem hard and demanding. It can seem as though it’s too much. Help me, especially in those moments, to trust You more than the many attachments I have in this world. Jesus, I trust in You.
Dugang nga mga Pamalandong sa Ebanghelyo
Mga Pamalandong sa Diosnong Kalooy
Saint of the Day – Saint Casimir
