Gospel:
Luke 12:49-53
Jesus
said to his disciples: “I have come to set the earth on fire, and how I wish it
were already blazing! There is a baptism with which I must be baptized, and how
great is my anguish until it is accomplished! Do you think that I have come to
establish peace on the earth? No, I tell you, but rather division. From now on
a household of five will be divided, three against two and two against three; a
father will be divided against his son and a son against his father, a mother
against her daughter and a daughter against her mother, a mother-in-law against
her daughter-in-law and a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law.
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Reflection:
Has there
been an instance in your family wherein you created conflict because you tried
to correct a wrong behavior? For example, you gently reminded your spouse to go
home early and not hangout with his/friends after work for the simple reason
that when he arrives late he/she is a little bit drunk.
In the
gospel we hear Jesus telling us to loudly speak out whenever we observe deviation
from normal behavior within family and friendship. If by speaking out we create
walls that might temporarily divide us, so be it.
For example,
if we see immorality within the family (The husband/wife is playing around in
the field) should the wife/husband just ignore this and pretend to see and hear
no evil with this blatant show of disrespect to her/him? Of course not! The
wife/husband must speak out!
The
problem with some of us is we sometimes have a passive or no concern attitude
even if there’s already wrongdoing in the family. We have this attitude because
we are afraid that it will create division and enmity.
This is
terribly wrong! What Jesus wants us to do whenever we see a wrongdoing is to
denounce the evil inside that wrongdoing. Even if our denouncement would create
temporary divisions and enmity. Why? For the simple reason that we cannot correct a wrong behavior by keeping silent. – Marino J. Dasmarinas
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