Gospel: Matthew 11:16-19
(Jesus said to the crowds) 16 "But to what shall I compare this
generation? It is like children sitting in the market places and calling to
their playmates, 17 `We piped to you, and you did not dance; we wailed, and you
did not mourn.' 18 For John came neither eating nor drinking, and they say, `He
has a demon'; 19 the Son of man came eating and drinking, and they say,
`Behold, a glutton and a drunkard, a friend of tax collectors and sinners!' Yet
wisdom is justified by her deeds."
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Reflection:
Are you quick to judge based on what you
see? The people during Jesus and John’s time most especially the Pharisees and
scribes were like that also. They judge both John and Jesus; John they judged
as having a demon and Jesus as a glutton and a drunkard. They based their
judgment on the external actuations that they saw.
However, their judgment was misplaced and
farthest from the truth. Those who judged Jesus and John should have first
tried to know them first by becoming their followers but they never cared to
follow, they instead quickly judged. Thus, they missed the opportunity of a
lifetime to know John and Jesus.
Those who judge allow themselves to be
controlled by their misplaced emotions. Those who judge usually end-up missing
something worthy and beautiful from the person that they judge.
There are times that I see married couples
the husband is handsome but the wife is not beautiful and vise-versa. I usually
tell myself, how come they ended-up in the altar of married life? The reason behind
is simple, they never cared to judge based on what they saw on their future
spouse. They instead delve deeper, thus they discovered how beautiful the
character of the person they chose to be with for the rest of their lives.
Are you quick to judge? - Marino J. Dasmarinas
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