Take up the Cross!

 

7th   Week Friday of Ordinary Time

Year One

Sir 6:5-17

Meditation

Take up the Cross!

Most good or bad friendships are for age, time, need, seasons, etc. True friends will stand by at all times. It is hard to find and rare to get such friends, as we often fulfil our needs today and leave things behind, as well as in friendship. The scripture says to make good friends and keep them and not be cheated by one’s friends.

Are we faithful to our friends?

Year Two

James 5:9-12

St James tells us not to grumble. Most often, those things one cannot tell the person directly are said to others in grumbling. Most of the time, this does the work, but in an evil way. Grumbling leaves one guilty and sad and makes others suffer. Be firm and steadfast, take time, tell people properly, and get work done properly with love rather than grumbling to make things bad for all people.

Do we have the courage to tell the right people the right things?

Gospel 10:1-12

What God has joined together, let no one separate. Marriages are made in heaven. The sacrament of marriage keeps the couple together forever. The mind of the Church is to keep the marriage bounds holy, pure and forever. Separations are only made possible in case of some evil, but let that evil not overtake the marriage. Explore all possibilities for unity and the communion of the sacred marriage. Yet time, one needs to make a lot of sacrifices in married life and let the spouses take up the little cross for a happy married life.

Do couples remember that marriage is like the love of Jesus for her sinful Church?

Fr Putti Anthaiah Sdb

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