Life is like a net, which is thrown into this World

GOSPEL THOUGHTS

*Ordinary Season : 17th Week : Thursday*

*Gospel : Mt 13:47-53*

*First Reading : Ex 40:16-21, 34-38*

*Life is like a net, which is thrown into this World*

*1) The net which collects everything*

In the Gospel of the day, the Kingdom of God is compared to a net, which is thrown into the sea, that collects Evey kind of Fish 

It is the nature of the net to collect everything that comes into its contacts 

*2) Life is Like a Net*

Our life can be compared to a net which is thrown into this world 

Like the net which collects every type of fish, our life, which is thrown into this world collects everything

This everything includes the good things as well as bad things 

There is no life only with good things. Likewise there is no life only with bad things 

Life is tossed between the good and bad things, just like a net 

*3) Life collects everything*

Like net Our life collects everything. In other words, everything becomes the part of our life 

As we grow older the luggage of life becomes more. This luggage includes both good and bad 

It is also true that, it is the nature of our life which collects everything. In this race of collecting it becomes very difficult to choose few things and discard the others 

*4) The importance of the segregation*

We also see in today's Gospel the aspect of segregation

The Gospel says *When the net is full they haul it ashore and sit down to put what is good into buckets. What is bad they throw away.*

This is the important activity in fishing 

Like wise in our life, it is very important to segregate the good from the evil one 

We need to preserve the good and need to throw the wicked things from our life

*5) Its Challenging work*

The work of segregation and throwing out the bad things is a challenging one 

First of all one needs a divine vision to segregate the good from the evil one 

Secondly it is also a challenging task to throw away the evil things from our life and preserve the good things 

*6) The Mission of Segregation and throwing out bad things*

The whole mission of a follower of a Christ consists in these two words, namely segregation and throwing out 

This mission starts from our life and continues in our family, neighbourhood, and in the Society

It is a life long challenge, which does not have a end point in our earthly life 

The strong spiritual life, the Gospel values and our commitment to the Lord will help us in segregation of the good from evil and to throw away the bad from our life 

So, Am I ready for this mission?

*Think about it*

*God bless you and your family. Praying for you and your dear ones*

*Fr Maxim DSouza*

*Jeppu Seminary*

*Mangalore*