Gospel: Matthew
12:1-8
Jesus was
going through a field of grain on the sabbath. His disciples were hungry and
began to pick the heads of grain and eat them. When the Pharisees saw this,
they said to him, “See, your disciples are doing what is unlawful to do on the
sabbath.” He said to the them, “Have you not read what David did when he and
his companions were hungry, how he went into the house of God and ate the bread
of offering, which neither he nor his companions but only the priests could
lawfully eat? Or have you not read in the law that on the Sabbath the priests
serving in the temple violate the Sabbath and are innocent? I say to you,
something greater than the temple is here. If you knew what this meant, I desire
mercy, not sacrifice, you would not have condemned these innocent men. For the
Son of Man is Lord of the sabbath.”
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Reflection:
A strict
father suddenly realized that his strictness with his children was slowly
creating a wall between him and his children. He carefully thought on how he
could banish the wall that he himself created. So he said from now on I will
not be strict anymore I would be more compassionate, approachable and merciful.
After a
week the wall that created a gap between the father and his children has
completely banished. The children were more open to their father and it created
an ideal father and children relationship.
Mercy,
understanding and openness are always higher than rigidity and strictness.
Rigidity and strictness tears people apart it create walls of communication and
it foment strangeness and separation. On the other hand mercy, understanding and
openness brings us closer, it breaks walls and it heals wounds.
Let go
therefore of your hatred, let go therefore of your pent-up emotions, let go and
let the mercy of Jesus rule your heart. Let us always desire to be merciful because
Jesus himself is merciful. – Marino J. Dasmarinas
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