Valuing Our Loved Ones
April 11, 2017
by Nuvi Maecy Dela Cruz
by Nuvi Maecy Dela Cruz
The gospel today is focused on the ideas of betrayal and value – especially on how Jesus faced betrayal from someone he considers as his loyal disciple.
Judas Iscariot was the one who would sell out Jesus. Sold for thirty pieces of silver, which was at that time equivalent to the value of a slave, showed how little value was given to Jesus by the priests and even by His disciple.
Jesus knew that His appointed time was near. During the Passover, He announced to His disciples that one of them were to betray Him. Each of his disciples looked to themselves first for fault rather than pointing to others.
When the time came that Judas asked Jesus, Jesus acknowledged him that he knew of what he intended to do but never treated him badly for this. Jesus simply accepted that his Father’s will would resolve all these.
Similar to this, there are times when we feel hurt and disappointed because we are betrayed by people we already considered loyal to us. There were instances when we feel like we do not have any significance to these individuals. Yes, we may feel driven to respond to these situations based mainly on what we think is right, but Jesus taught us that we must learn not to answer a wrong doing with another wrong doing.
Consequently, there are times when we feel that the value of our loved ones, friends, and neighbors are becoming less than what we recognize it. There were times that we ourselves betray our loved ones, friends, and our neighbors because we see less value in them for us to appreciate them.
We become too focused on our individual interests that we become less concerned with the effects of our decisions and actions. We tend to ignore its consequences to us and to the people who surrounds us in the present or in the future. We lose ourselves in trying to attain what we think is good for us, that we do not realize the sins we have committed against Him and His creations.
There will always be stumbles in our path to Him. There will be always instances that we commit mistakes or we have done wrong. He always gives us opportunity to change from our sinful ways, but it all depends on us when and how we are going to accept this.
Judas Iscariot was the one who would sell out Jesus. Sold for thirty pieces of silver, which was at that time equivalent to the value of a slave, showed how little value was given to Jesus by the priests and even by His disciple.
Jesus knew that His appointed time was near. During the Passover, He announced to His disciples that one of them were to betray Him. Each of his disciples looked to themselves first for fault rather than pointing to others.
When the time came that Judas asked Jesus, Jesus acknowledged him that he knew of what he intended to do but never treated him badly for this. Jesus simply accepted that his Father’s will would resolve all these.
Similar to this, there are times when we feel hurt and disappointed because we are betrayed by people we already considered loyal to us. There were instances when we feel like we do not have any significance to these individuals. Yes, we may feel driven to respond to these situations based mainly on what we think is right, but Jesus taught us that we must learn not to answer a wrong doing with another wrong doing.
Consequently, there are times when we feel that the value of our loved ones, friends, and neighbors are becoming less than what we recognize it. There were times that we ourselves betray our loved ones, friends, and our neighbors because we see less value in them for us to appreciate them.
We become too focused on our individual interests that we become less concerned with the effects of our decisions and actions. We tend to ignore its consequences to us and to the people who surrounds us in the present or in the future. We lose ourselves in trying to attain what we think is good for us, that we do not realize the sins we have committed against Him and His creations.
There will always be stumbles in our path to Him. There will be always instances that we commit mistakes or we have done wrong. He always gives us opportunity to change from our sinful ways, but it all depends on us when and how we are going to accept this.