Gospel: Luke 6:39-42
Jesus told his disciples a parable: “Can a blind person guide a blind
person? Will not both fall into a pit? No disciple is superior to the teacher;
but when fully trained, every disciple will be like his teacher. Why do you
notice the splinter in your brother’s eye, but do not perceive the wooden beam
in your own?
How can you say to your brother, ‘Brother, let me remove that splinter in
your eye,’ when you do not even notice the wooden beam in your own eye? You
hypocrite! Remove the wooden beam from your eye first; then you will see
clearly to remove the splinter in your brother’s eye.”
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Reflection:
What is the sure-fire recipe for failure in a friendship? It’s the
judgmental and self-righteous attitudes of those inside the friendship relationship.
When a friend is quick to draw judgment and if he/she only listens to
himself/herself. We can be assured that somewhere down the road the friendship
vehicle will stop and will eventually permanently break apart.
Many friendships fall apart because of our tunnel vision. We manage it
with dominance, we never allow a two-way street or a give and take relationship
thrive inside it. And so the friendship eventually falls apart.
Friendship or any kind of relationship is always a democratic and participatory
relationship. Never it has become an autocratic and one sided relationship
between two or more different and unique individuals. Therefore the best recipe
for success in friendship is not to allow a judgmental mindset inside the
friendship.
In the gospel for this Friday, Jesus warns about being judgmental.
Wherein we only choose to see the fault of the other person yet we purposely
don’t notice our own shortcomings. We are quick to point an accusing finger yet
we don’t have the courage and humility to point the same accusing finger to
ourselves. – Marino J. Dasmarinas
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