Gospel: Luke 6:1-5
While Jesus was going through a field of grain on a sabbath, his
disciples were picking the heads of grain, rubbing them in their hands, and
eating them. Some Pharisees said, “Why are you doing what is unlawful on the
sabbath?” Jesus said to them in reply, “Have you not read what David did when
he and those who were with him were hungry? How he went into the house of God,
took the bread of offering, which only the priests could lawfully eat,
ate of it, and shared it with his companions?” Then he said to them, “The Son
of Man is lord of the sabbath.”
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Reflection:
Do you always do what is right even if it’s unpopular?
There are times that we are hindered of doing something that is noble
because we fear the judgment of our fellowmen. For example, a young lady
suddenly had an unwanted pregnancy. Since she was still young her family wanted
her to abort the life in her womb. But the lady rightfully stood her ground and
went through her pregnancy and gave birth.
While the disciples were picking grains some Pharisees admonished them
because it was their day of rest or Sabbath day. But Jesus reproved the ever
critical Pharisees by citing what David and his companions did: They ate the bread
offering which was exclusively for the priest. Then, Jesus topped HIS rebuke of
the Pharisees by saying that HE is over and above their Sabbath law.
The rule that Jesus’ follows is this: rightful human need/s such as food
takes precedence over any laws even the Sabbath law. Doing acts of mercy is
more important than fulfilling a custom or tradition.
Come to think of it, what good would it do us if we follow the law/s but
in the process of following it we deprive those who are in need? What good is
our presence at church every Sunday for Holy Mass if we don’t live the
teachings of Jesus? – Marino J. Dasmarinas
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