Gospel: Luke
6:6-11
On a
certain sabbath Jesus went into the synagogue and taught, and there was a man
there whose right hand was withered. The scribes and the Pharisees watched him
closely to see if he would cure on the Sabbath so that they might discover a
reason to accuse him. But he realized their intentions and said to the man with
the withered hand, "Come up and stand before us." And he rose and
stood there. Then Jesus said to them, "I ask you, is it lawful to do good
on the sabbath rather than to do evil, to save life rather than to destroy
it?" Looking around at them all, he then said to him, "Stretch out
your hand." He did so and his hand was restored. But they became enraged and
discussed together what they might do to Jesus.
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Reflection:
Is doing
good always in season?
To do
good is always in season there’s no exception in doing good and Jesus proves
this point by healing a man’s withered hand even on a Sabbath day. To do good
also encompasses anyone be it our friends, relatives, strangers and even our
enemies; we must do good to them always.
This is
the point that Jesus wants us all to emulate: To always make a positive
difference in the lives of our fellowmen even during holy days such as the
Sabbath day (in the Jewish tradition). And let us not also be selective on the
people that we give our help.
In the
three years’ public life of Jesus, He would always heal without discrimination
of the season and the people. He was not even afraid even if there was threat
of physical and verbal abuse on His person His main priority was to impart His
miraculous help to everyone.
Are we
like Jesus who always seek to do good even to those who persecuted Him? Hard to
do, right? However, this is the challenge that confronts us, we who profess to follow
the greatest man who ever walked this earth. – Marino J. Dasmarinas
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