Date: March 25, 2016
Sharer: Karen Bajador
Title : “Why do we forget?”
Today’s gospel
narrates the last moments of Jesus prior to his persecution at the cross. It
started from his arrest by the betrayal of Judas up to his burial wherein he
would rise again in three days. The narration encompasses a lot of events and
all of them give us a notion to reflect on as Catholics. However, what I do
want to reflect on is when Peter disowned Jesus three times.
In our everyday life, we tend to focus on the
things that we usually do. More often than not, most of us forget to take a
step back and reflect on the blessings we have received. The demand of
accomplishing a day’s task usually requires a lot of our time and energy; and
by the end of the day, all we want to do is to rest.
As children, we were
trained to at least pray before we eat and before we sleep. It was easy to do
back then as children do not have a lot of things to do in a day. But growing
up is different, the older you get, the more task require your attention and
energy. I personally, would attest to that. I would go as far as saying that
some of the time, I feel so tired after a day’s work and would not have the
energy to even pray and talk to God. I do feel guilty as I know how blessed I
am for all the things I have received until now. I have gone through a lot,
both the good and bad; but one thing was constant all throughout; it was that
God has never abandoned me. And believe me when I say that he has, and never
will, leave your side. Life is a cycle and things will never be good always;
time will come wherein we will be at our lowest. But let me tell you that in
our lowest point, it’s usually the best time where we can feel God’s unwavering
love for us.
Going back to the
Gospel, we can almost compare ourselves to Peter because in some way, we are
just like him; we often tend to ignore, and sometimes, deny his presence. We
are usually overwhelmed with the things that we have accomplished and received
that we forget to respond whenever he calls for us. God does not require us to
exalt before him for a whole day, nor does he demand to give back something
equal in return; all that he asks of us is a small amount of our time. He just
wants us to have a moment with him, just like what we do with our parents or
partner whenever we get home from a day’s work. And this Lenten season is one
of those times where we can do so. I encourage you my brothers and sisters to
take a step back, reflect and have a moment with him during this season.
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| Sharer: Karen Bajador |
