Gospel: Luke
11:37-41
After Jesus had spoken, a
Pharisee invited him to dine at his home. He entered and reclined at table to
eat. The Pharisee was amazed to see that he did not observe the prescribed
washing before the meal. The Lord said to him, “Oh you Pharisees! Although you
cleanse the outside of the cup and the dish, inside you are filled with plunder
and evil. You fools! Did not the maker of the outside also make the inside? But
as to what is within, give alms, and behold, everything will be clean for you.”
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Reflection:
Was the Pharisee
who invited Jesus to dine in his house a fan of Jesus? Yes he was a fan for he liked the wisdom and
eloquence of Jesus that’s why he invited Jesus to dine in his home. Everything
was going smoothly between the teacher and His fan until Jesus did not wash His
hands before eating.
Did Jesus
purposely skip washing His hands so that His fan would see Him doing it? Yes,
yet there was a much deeper reason why he did not wash His hands. Jesus wanted
His fan (The Pharisee) to realize that there is something more profound than
mere external observance of the Jewish law.
For Jesus
it’s always what’s inside our hearts! Never mind those things that are visible
to the naked eye for the reason that what is seen will eventually pass and be
forgotten. But what is in our hearts will never be forgotten; for example the
acts kindness and love that we do to our fellowmen.
For instance,
we forever remember the acts of kindness and love that has been given or done to
us. But we don’t anymore remember the external appearance (What clothes he/she
was wearing and so forth) of the person who did these acts of kindness and love
to us.
Jesus is always
biased with acts of kindness and love, for these are the spirit and backbone of
His teachings. Jesus never taught us to always be concerned with our external
reputation and the many other external aspect of our lives. - Marino J. Dasmarinas
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