Then one of the scholars of the law said
to him in reply, “Teacher, by saying this you are insulting us too. And he
said, “Woe also to you scholars of the law! You impose on people burdens hard
to carry, but you yourselves do not lift one finger to touch them.
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Reflection:
Is Jesus angry in the gospel?
Seldom do we see Jesus angry and this gospel episode is one of the rare ones. What made Jesus angry? He was angry with the Pharisees, (the learned ruling class during that time) for the reason that they imposed so much religious requirements to their people.
However, they were only good on imposing those requirements. They were not actually willing to live what they wanted their people to do. The Pharisees were religious leaders in name only, they love to display their religiosity. But they did not live their religiosity, it was simply a superficial display of faith.
Some if not many of us are like the Pharisees. We love to give orders: do this and to that but it ends there. We don’t lift a finger to do it ourselves, we want others to do things for us while we watch and relax. How can we become good examples, good leaders and ideal followers of Jesus if we are not willing to walk our talk? How can we make Jesus happy if we are not living our faith?
Effective faith in Jesus is faith that is alive and kicking and faith that is leading and working. This is the most effective faith, let us therefore live our faith. Not because we want others to see us living it. We live our faith because this is our obligation as true followers of Jesus. – Marino J. Dasmarinas
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