Today’s Reflection
Gospel: Mt 13: 47-53
August 3, 2023 | Thursday

Today’s Gospel

Again, the kingdom of heaven is like a big fishing net, let down into the sea, in which every kind of fish has been caught. When the net is full, it is dragged ashore. Then they sit down and gather the good fish into buckets, but throw the bad away. That is how it will be at the end of time; the angels will go out to separate the wicked from the just, and to throw the wicked into the blazing furnace, where they will weep and gnash their teeth.” Jesus asked, “Have you understood all these things?” “Yes,” they answered. So he said to them, “Therefore, every teacher of the law, who becomes a disciple of the kingdom of heaven, is like a householder, who can produce from his store things both new and old.”

When Jesus had finished these parables, he left that place.

Today’s Reflection:

Jesus asks the same question to us today as He did to His disciples: Do we understand the message He tries to get through us? The parable of the dragnet that tries to paint the picture of the Kingdom of God dares us to enter the scene. If you are one of the fishes caught in the net yet eventually will be rejected, will you not feel disappointed? The parable means that God’s Kingdom is investing only in fish with a certain quality. But what quality is being demanded by the Kingdom? Many can claim that they believe in Christian principles but many of us are unfaithful to Christian principles. So, do we really understand what it truly means to be part of His community?  /Vulnerasti, 2023