Jerusalem, Idumea, Transjordan, and from the region of Tyre and Sidon, for they had heard
of all that he was doing. Because of the crowd, Jesus told his disciples to have a boat ready
for him, to prevent the people from crushing him. He healed so many, that all who had
diseases kept pressing toward him to touch him. Even the people who had evil spirits,
whenever they saw him, they would fall down before him and cry out, “You are the Son of God.
” But he warned them sternly not to tell anyone who he was.

Reflect

“Channels of God's grace.” In many ways God uses us to become channels of his grace.
We are called to become channels of grace to as many people as possible so that we can
fully actualize our Christian mission. Nevertheless, there will always be limitations as we
try to actualize our mission. It is in the face of such limitations when we are challenged to
be creative. In today’s Gospel, Jesus was followed by a large crowd from different places.
Jesus asked his disciples to prepare the boat. Jesus with his disciples would, at times,
withdraw from the people to prevent the people from crushing them. Jesus had always been
consumed by his mission but he never ran out of creativity when the situation would call for it.
Carrying out our mission in life would also require certain creativity, strategizing the steps we
need to undertake to ensure that our mission will be accomplished. A good sense of time
management is an example of such creativity and good strategy. Managing our time may
appear simple but when we know how to manage our time well we can do many good
things for which we are called, becoming true channels of God’s grace.

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