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MANILA, philippines -- As we approach the culmination of the Lenten season, it is important that we continue with our own individual reflections. We may be faced with a lot of stress and difficulties that make us feel we do not have time for our own quiet time.
But this Lenten season teaches us how important it is to know our own limitations and how to cope with pressures in our daily living.
In today’s Gospel, Jesus reveals that one will betray Him. Jesus said to his disciples, “The Son of man goes as it is written of him, but woe to that man by whom the Son of man is betrayed! It would have been better for that man if he had not been born,” (Matthew 26:24) Judas had been paid 30 pieces of silver to deliver Jesus to the Chief Priest.
This Gospel reminds us that although we have been successful in fulfilling our duties as Christians, there is still a need to look into ourselves and contemplate on how we can still grow and how we can overcome our weaknesses. We are always tempted and sometimes we succumb to this because we tend to give in too easily. However, we only need to trust in God so that he will drive out the evil and help us win over adversaries in life.
In the first reading, Isaiah declares “The Lord God has given me the tongue of those who are taught, that I may know how to sustain with a word him that is weary. Morning by morning he awakens; he awakens my ear to hear as those who are taught.” (Isaiah 50:4) Isaiah reminds us that God is the one that will assist us; His presence in our lives gives us vitality, providing us more reasons to live in this world.
As we near the end of the Lenten season, we remember how Christ sustained His love for us until His death. Like him, may our love for another never wither and may it overwhelm all our hesitations.
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