Gospel: Matthew
7:1-5
Jesus
said to his disciples: “Stop judging, that you may not be judged. For as you
judge, so will you be judged, and the measure with which you measure will be
measured out to you. Why do you notice the splinter in your brother’s eye, but
do not perceive the wooden beam in your own eye? How can you say to your
brother ‘Let me remove that splinter from your eye, while the wooden beam is in
your eye? You hypocrite, remove the wooden beam from your eye first; then you
will see clearly to remove the splinter from your brother’s eye.
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Reflection:
What do
you get by judging others? Nothing except the accumulation of hatred in your
heart which if not corrected could even cause you sickness even death. What if
you will not judge or you are not quick to judge? There would be no hatred
within you! As such you would feel free, you will look younger and sickness
will not be your best friend.
We may
not know this but we are quick to judge others for the simple reason that we
have a very high regard of ourselves. And this is brought about by our feeling
of superiority towards others. But why do we feel superior towards others? When
we are all created by God as equals.
Where does this superiority feeling emanates?
We have
this feeling of superiority because God is not truly present within us. And God
is not a permanent dweller in our hearts. There’s a story of a woman who was a
regular fixture in church organization. But she was not well liked because she
was so judgmental, has a high regard of herself and self-righteous. Are we not
often times also judgmental, has a high regard of ourselves and self-righteous?
In our
gospel for this Monday we hear Jesus telling us to stop judging. Why? This is
for the reason that when we judge we already distance ourselves from the person
that we judge. We already create a wall that may permanently divide us from
that person. If this is so, how can we convert them? How can we let them
feel the love of Jesus? – Marino J. Dasmarinas
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