Gospel: Mark
2:23-28
As Jesus
was passing through a field of grain on the sabbath, his disciples began to
make a path while picking the heads of grain. At this the Pharisees said to
him, “Look, why are they doing what is unlawful on the sabbath?” He said to
them, “Have you never read what David did when he was in need and he and his
companions were hungry? How he went into the house of God when Abiathar was
high priest and ate the bread of offering that only the priests could lawfully
eat, and shared it with his companions?” Then he said to them, “The sabbath was
made for man, not man for the sabbath. That is why the Son of Man is lord even
of the sabbath.”
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Reflection:
What is a
Sabbath?
Sabbath is a day of rest and worship based on this command: “Remember to keep holy the Sabbath
day. Six days you may work and do all your occupation, but the seventh day is
the Sabbath of the LORD, your God. No work may be done then.” (Exodus 20:8-10)
Whenever there is a rule there is also a valid
exception. And this is what Jesus was pointing out to the Pharisees. For Jesus
the fulfilment of a human need is more important than fulfilling the law in
this case the Sabbath law.
Law/s should
always serve the good of humanity, laws are there to serve humanity not to
punish or restrict humanity.
Some of us
create restrictive and oppressive laws inside our own respective fields. Not to
serve its purpose but to serve our own selfish purpose and interest. At the
end, due to our insistence of fulfilling our self created and self serving
laws. It results to enmity and discord among us.
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