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.
And the law that we have created to
create order becomes the very reason for disorder, conflict and disunity. –
Marino J. Dasmarinas
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