Sto. Niño Catholic Parish Church
Fr. Jerry Martin
Sunday Ref. # 1
Gospel
Mt 10:26-33
Jesus said to the Twelve:
“Fear no one.
Nothing is concealed that will not be revealed,
nor secret that will not be known.
What I say to you in the darkness, speak in the light;
what you hear whispered, proclaim on the housetops.
And do not be afraid of those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul;
rather, be afraid of the one who can destroy
both soul and body in Gehenna.
Are not two sparrows sold for a small coin?
Yet not one of them falls to the ground without your Father’s knowledge.
Even all the hairs of your head are counted.
So do not be afraid; you are worth more than many sparrows.
Everyone who acknowledges me before others
I will acknowledge before my heavenly Father.
But whoever denies me before others,
I will deny before my heavenly Father.”
I had my Sunday Mass on 22nd of June 2008 in Sto. Niño Catholic Parish Church at 4 pm, and the priest is Fr. Jerry Martin. The gospel is Mt 10:26-33, and it’s all about fear.
Our priest said, “Don’t be scared but be scared”, he told us that it’s not clear so he changed it and come up with the word “Do not worry but be scared”. Scared of what? To be scared to God, said the priest. The sentence that I heard to the priest “Do not worry but be scared to God” catches my attention. It tells me all the things I am doing to my everyday life. We know that everyday we have those problems we encounter and for that we became worried and think on how to solve it. But sometimes we cannot solve the problems we had just encountered and there were reasons. For me the sentence “Do not worry but be scared to God” is that God wanted us not to be worried so much because there are the solutions for all the problems we have, just do it in positive way but if we don’t and do it in negative way that’s when we should be scared to God.
One of my experienced about that is when we have this programming assignment and the professor told us not to copy from each other but then I disobeyed her because that time I was worried because I don’t have my assignment, I don’t want to do negative thing but I’m not just the only one who would do it. So I made a mistake that made me scared to God. The reason was we cannot solve the given problem and honestly I don’t give much time solving those codes. So I did it in negative way. If I do it in positive way by giving much time solving those codes then I could make my own assignment.
My another experienced is there was the time when we had quizzes in all our subject then I must review all, so I was really worried and thought of “what if I failed” and “what if I have forgotten”, that’s it. So before the day of the test I really reviewed, and then the day came I woke up early so that I could review again and then pray. I’m still worried but I know I could do it. Then I am right, I know myself I could do it. I didn’t do anything that I could be scared to God because I do it in positive way.
For me God just wants to challenges us in all the problems we encounter, that is why God doesn’t want us to be worried so much because He knows we can do it. He gives challenges that we can solve it by just doing it in positive way and not negative. We can do everything that can solve it but the only thing He will disapprove is against Him. “Do not worry” means problems are given to us by God and He knows we can do it easily by doing it in positive, “but be scared to God” means if we did something that is against Him.
Fr. Jerry Martin
Sunday Ref. # 1
Gospel
Mt 10:26-33
Jesus said to the Twelve:
“Fear no one.
Nothing is concealed that will not be revealed,
nor secret that will not be known.
What I say to you in the darkness, speak in the light;
what you hear whispered, proclaim on the housetops.
And do not be afraid of those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul;
rather, be afraid of the one who can destroy
both soul and body in Gehenna.
Are not two sparrows sold for a small coin?
Yet not one of them falls to the ground without your Father’s knowledge.
Even all the hairs of your head are counted.
So do not be afraid; you are worth more than many sparrows.
Everyone who acknowledges me before others
I will acknowledge before my heavenly Father.
But whoever denies me before others,
I will deny before my heavenly Father.”
I had my Sunday Mass on 22nd of June 2008 in Sto. Niño Catholic Parish Church at 4 pm, and the priest is Fr. Jerry Martin. The gospel is Mt 10:26-33, and it’s all about fear.
Our priest said, “Don’t be scared but be scared”, he told us that it’s not clear so he changed it and come up with the word “Do not worry but be scared”. Scared of what? To be scared to God, said the priest. The sentence that I heard to the priest “Do not worry but be scared to God” catches my attention. It tells me all the things I am doing to my everyday life. We know that everyday we have those problems we encounter and for that we became worried and think on how to solve it. But sometimes we cannot solve the problems we had just encountered and there were reasons. For me the sentence “Do not worry but be scared to God” is that God wanted us not to be worried so much because there are the solutions for all the problems we have, just do it in positive way but if we don’t and do it in negative way that’s when we should be scared to God.
One of my experienced about that is when we have this programming assignment and the professor told us not to copy from each other but then I disobeyed her because that time I was worried because I don’t have my assignment, I don’t want to do negative thing but I’m not just the only one who would do it. So I made a mistake that made me scared to God. The reason was we cannot solve the given problem and honestly I don’t give much time solving those codes. So I did it in negative way. If I do it in positive way by giving much time solving those codes then I could make my own assignment.
My another experienced is there was the time when we had quizzes in all our subject then I must review all, so I was really worried and thought of “what if I failed” and “what if I have forgotten”, that’s it. So before the day of the test I really reviewed, and then the day came I woke up early so that I could review again and then pray. I’m still worried but I know I could do it. Then I am right, I know myself I could do it. I didn’t do anything that I could be scared to God because I do it in positive way.
For me God just wants to challenges us in all the problems we encounter, that is why God doesn’t want us to be worried so much because He knows we can do it. He gives challenges that we can solve it by just doing it in positive way and not negative. We can do everything that can solve it but the only thing He will disapprove is against Him. “Do not worry” means problems are given to us by God and He knows we can do it easily by doing it in positive, “but be scared to God” means if we did something that is against Him.
Scared has many connotations. To be scared to God because he might punish us from doing the wrong things is not actually the point. The better idea would be to be scared of doing things that does not please Him, that hurts Him. :) Just what I have learned, too. Hihi
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