Gospel: Matthew 6:24-34
Jesus said to his disciples: “No one can serve two masters. He will either hate one and love the other, or be devoted to one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and mammon.
“Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or drink, or about your body, what you will wear. Is not life more than food and the body more than clothing? Look at the birds in the sky; they do not sow or reap, they gather nothing into barns, yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are not you more important than they? Can any of you by worrying add a single moment to your life-span? Why are you anxious about clothes? Learn from the way the wild flowers grow. They do not work or spin. But I tell you that not even Solomon in all his splendour was clothed like one of them. If God so clothes the grass of the field, which grows today and is thrown into the oven tomorrow, will he not much more provide for you, O you of little faith? So do not worry and say, ‘What are we to eat?’ or ‘What are we to drink?’ or ‘What are we to wear?’ All these things the pagans seek. Your heavenly Father knows that you need them all. But seek first the Kingdom of God and his righteousness, and all these things will be given you besides. Do not worry about tomorrow; tomorrow will take care of itself. Sufficient for a day is its own evil.”
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Reflection:
Mr. A is a worrisome person he always loses sleep about the little things in life. For example, if he sees a black cat he would worry about it because it’s a sign of bad omen for him.
Mr. B is a man of deep faith he never worry about anything in life because he learned to trust everything to the Lord. Although both of them are of the same age Mr. B looks a lot younger than Mr. A and Mr. B’s personality is more vibrant than Mr. A the worrisome guy.
Indeed, why worry about this life? We have to learn to live a worry free life and we have to learn to trust God more than we trust ourselves or more than we trust anyone in this world. What would we gain if we worry a lot? Nothing except more worries!
In the gospel, Jesus is telling us not to worry about anything in this world for he will provide it for us. This seems hard to believe but this is true. If we would only learn to trust the Lord and let Him take full control of our lives. We would discover that God always provides and always takes care of everything including our worries. – Marino J. Dasmarinas
