LAITY REFLECTIONS FOR THE 12TH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME, YEAR A
First Reading: Jeremiah 20:10-13
Responsorial Psalm: Psalm 69:7-9;13 and 16; 32-34 (R. 13c)
Second Reading: Romans 5:12-15
Alleluia: John 15:26b;27a
Gospel: Matthew 10:26-33
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| Ngozi Nlewedim |
MY REFLECTION
If God can take time to beautify a bird, how much more you?
Whatever seems to be your challenge, one thing is certain, your tomorrow is bigger and greater than today.
Fear not; your future is colorful and beautiful in Jesus' name. Amen 🙏
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| Olah Isaac |
MY REFLECTION
Fear not for you're very valuable.
Through today's readings, I learned that fear is an evidence and product of lack of the knowledge of who you are and how valuable you are.
Today's gospel has proved to me at the course of my reflection that I AM VERY IMPORTANT among the many things that God has created and the knowledge of this, will really help as it was manifested in the testimony of Prophet Jeremiah in the first reading as stated in this part: "But the Lord is with me as a dread warrior; therefore, my persecutors will stumble, they will not overcome me. They will be greatly shamed, for they will not succeed."
God in me is greater than all that are against me.
Lastly, in the last verse of the second reading I learned that The grace that came with Jesus is powerful that the weakness of Adam, so in Christ I can live above any kind of sin.
May God bless His words in our hearts, through Christ our Lord, Amen.
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| Benjamin Adewale Ajai |
MY REFLECTION
The links to the reading are "persecution" and the assurance of "victory" in the end.
In the first reading, Jeremiah suffered persecution, lamented to God, God delivered him several times and at the end, he eventually triumphed.
The second reading reminds us of the chain of sin which we all inherited from Adam but that through Jesus Christ, the darkness of sin and evil will eventually vanish and the light of God will prevail.
In the Gospel reading, Jesus tells us that persecution is like a robe every follower of His will have to wear as it is inevitable: if we truly follow Him.
There is no way you can serve God fully without being persecuted in this world. But we are assured that after all the suffering through backstabbing, calumny, e.t.c for the sake of justice and truth for God's sake, there's light at the end of the tunnel which leads to our victory of gaining salvation and eternal life.
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| Paddy Kevwe |
MY REFLECTION
OUR SAFETY AND TRUE FREEDOM
It is true that we all, must pass through one challenge or the other. Amidst all these, there is that sense of fear that we may encounter and it may cause or cost us our safety and freedom. But our liturgy today gives us an encouraging dimension to all these.
In the first reading, we hear of the plot against the servant of the Lord and of course, this kind of plan causes fear. But the Lord assures him that what the enemy wished for him will be their lot. As such, we Christians should put our trust in the Lord so that we can sing with the psalmist saying, "in your great mercy, answer me, O Lord."
Many of our fears come as a result of our own doings. And that doing is from our sins. The consequences of our sins make us to be afraid that they may lead us to loose confidence in God and as such loose guard our safety and true freedom in Christ since sin makes us to part away from the friendship with God, as seen in the second reading.
Jesus in the gospel tells us to have an upright way of life, so that we will not be afraid of what will happen to us since clear conscience fears no accusations. By this, we would be able to live in the dark and in the light and not be afraid. To this end, we cannot deny Christ in the dark before the world and want him to admit us in the light before his Father.
Let us pray for the grace to live our lives to be in accordance both in the dark and in the light, since it is through such that we can have our safety and true freedom in the God we trust, through Christ our Lord, Amen.
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