Gospel: Matthew
18:12-14
Jesus said to his disciples: “What is your
opinion? If a man has a hundred sheep and one of them goes astray, will he not
leave the ninety-nine in the hills and go in search of the stray? And if he
finds it, amen, I say to you, he rejoices more over it than over the
ninety-nine that did not stray. In just the same way, it is not the will of
your heavenly Father that one of these little ones be lost.”
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Reflection:
Can we measure God’s love for us? No for
God’s love is not bound by any kind of measurement or limited by time and
space. God will continue to love us even if we are the most sinful person in
this world.
The Parable of the lost sheep in our gospel
is a showcase of this infinite love of God. Who is the man who looked for the
lost sheep? He is our loving and merciful God! Who is the lost sheep that went
astray? It’s us we who are sinful and we
who love sin more than God.
Nevertheless, even if we love to sin and even
if we run away from the love of God. He is always there looking for us, always
ready to forgive and forget all the sins that we have committed. Let us all be
cognizant of this infinite love of God and let us also not be quick to judge our
brothers and sisters who sin.
Instead of judging those who sin let us
rather emulate God who looked for and reached-out to the lost sheep. Instead of
judging let us help them get-up on their feet so that they could free themselves
from the bondage of sin. There are sinners because no one is willing to
reach-out to them, no one is willing to pay forward the infinite love of God.
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