Thursday, December 17, 2009

2nd day Simbang Gabi Reflection, 17th December

Man’s Greatness

Introduction

The genealogy of Jesus proves that the whole human race is wounded yet redeemed, sinful yet grace-filled.

Body

The genealogy in Matthew’s Gospel insinuates three stages.

· First, man was created in the image and likeness. It means that man resembles God but he is aware of his own identity that was not equal to God. In other words, man can enjoy all the privileges that God gave him like intelligence, freedom and capacity to love. However, he must have to recognize also his nothingness before God because without God, he can lose everything he enjoys inlife.

· Second, man gave in to his selfish desires that destroyed hisoriginal closeness to God. Even though God has providedeverything for him, he still desires for more to the extent of wanting to be greater than God. As a result, God allowed him tosuffer the consequences of his folly actions. He became a slaveof his passion and death becomes the ****** of his sinfulness.

· Third, man can regain his greatness. With God’s mercy and love,man is never abandoned to be totally destroyed by his sinfulness. After the prophets, God has sent his only Son with the plan of rescuing man from the slavery of sin so that man will be reunited to Him again. Jesus Becoming Man returns man’s status as createdin God’s image and likeness.

Conclusion

Man is great because God created him in his own image and likeness. There is no way for man not to exemplify this greatness by his faithfulness and goodness to others.

Question:

Am I convinced that I am great since I was created in God’s image and likeness?

How do I exemplify that greatness?



Caster K. Gonsadan
Apostolic Vicariate of Bontoc-Lagawe

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