Gospel: Luke 6:36-38
Jesus said to his disciples: “Be merciful, just as
your Father is merciful. “Stop judging and you will not be judged. Stop
condemning and you will not be condemned. Forgive and you will be forgiven.
Give and gifts will be given to you; a good measure, packed together, shaken
down, and overflowing, will be poured into your lap. For the measure with which
you measure will in return be measured out to you.”
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Reflection:
What is the mother of mercy? Its love, you can’t be
merciful if you do not know how to love. The moment you feel mercy in your heart
you already have love that you can freely dispense anytime to any person
or group of persons.
What kind of love is this that gives birth to
mercy? Obviously this is not only romantic love for romantic love is a limited
kind of love. The kind of love that gives birth to mercy is the perfect kind of
love or the highest form of love.
Who gives us this highest form of love? Jesus
Himself gives us this kind of love. We receive this from Jesus when we are always
in close contact with Him. By way of our faithful presence at Holy Mass,
through our frequent interaction with Jesus by means of the Sacraments of the
Church. And by readings His life transforming and life giving words in the
bible.
Come to think of it, what happens to us if we are
not merciful, if we are quick to condemn and if we don’t forgive? We allow
ourselves to be imprisoned by toxic
emotion/s that is brought to our feet by the devil.
When we are always in close contact with Jesus we
are always merciful. We will never condemn or judge anyone. And we will always
forgive no matter how deep the hurt that has been inflicted upon us.
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