Gospel: Luke
11:42-46
The Lord
said: “Woe to you Pharisees! You pay tithes of mint and of rue and of every
garden herb, but you pay no attention to judgment and to love for God. These
you should have done, without overlooking the others. Woe to you Pharisees! You
love the seat of honor in synagogues and greetings in marketplaces. Woe to you!
You are like unseen graves over which people unknowingly walk.”
Then one
of the scholars of the law said to him in reply, “Teacher, by saying this you
are insulting us too.” And he said, “Woe also to you scholars of the law! You
impose on people burdens hard to carry, but you yourselves do not lift one
finger to touch them.”
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Reflection:
Are you a
good leader? For example in your house do you walk your talk or do you lead by
example?
We read
in the gospel that Jesus is angry with the Pharisees and with the teachers of
the law. Why? It’s for the reason of their superficial faith and leadership.
The Pharisees were supposed to be the leaders of their community and therefore
it was expected of them that they will lead by example.
They love
to lead and tell people what to do but it stops there. When it comes to living
their faith they’re deficient. Jesus wants them to walk their talk and to lead
by example. Unfortunately the Pharisees and the teachers of Law are not like
that in the gospel.
A good leader leads
by example; he doesn’t only give orders he also shows the way. A good leader
should not only be superficial in his actions he must walk his talk even if
nobody is watching him. Some of the Pharisees were the personification of fake
leadership and exterior show of piety.
It is
very important that we live our faith and we practice what we preach. These
were the factors that moved Jesus to give His woes to the Pharisees and the
scholars of the law. They were supposed to be role models but they were only
good at telling their subjects to do this and that but when it comes to doing
it themselves they were inadequate.
The very
clear lesson for us is this: we must practice and live what we learn about our
faith. We must not limit ourselves to giving orders, we must lead the way. –
Marino J. Dasmarinas
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