Gospel: Matthew
5:20-26
Jesus
said to his disciples: “I tell you, unless your righteousness surpasses that of
the scribes and Pharisees, you will not enter into the Kingdom of heaven.
“You have
heard that it was said to your ancestors, You shall not kill; and whoever kills
will be liable to judgment. But I say to you, whoever is angry with his brother
will be liable to judgment, and whoever says to his brother, ‘Raqa,’ will be
answerable to the Sanhedrin, and whoever says, ‘You fool,’ will be liable to
fiery Gehenna. Therefore, if you bring your gift to the altar, and there recall
that your brother has anything against you, leave your gift there at the altar,
go first and be reconciled with your brother, and then come and offer your
gift. Settle with your opponent quickly while on the way to court with him. Otherwise
your opponent will hand you over to the judge, and the judge will hand you over
to the guard, and you will be thrown into prison. Amen, I say to you, you will
not be released until you have paid the last penny.”
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Reflection:
What is
the cure for anger? It’s humility.
Nobody of
us are perfect once in a while we get angry but do we have the humility to make
amends after we have injured someone with our arrogance? Only a humble and
gentle person would have the courage to say I’m sorry for what I did. But to
say I’m sorry is not easy to do, only a humble person would summon enough
courage to say this magic words that have healed so many disputes and
arguments.
In our
gospel for today, Jesus gives us teaching about anger. Jesus tells us that we
must be reconciled with those whom we have differences and had feelings of
enmity. But why do we get angry in the first place? We get angry because we
lack humility, we get angry because we have this superiority complex against
our fellowmen.
It’s only
humility that could deescalate and eventually eliminate our anger. Let us
therefore pray for the grace of humility, let us ask the God the Holy Spirit to
give it to us. The best test of humility is our willingness to apologize and to
admit our mistakes before those whom we have hurt.
Do you
have the humility to apologize?
Apologize for it will set you free. – Marino J. Dasmarinas
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