God Gives a Second Chance!

 

15th week Friday in Ordinary Time

Year One

Ex 11:10 -12:14

Meditation

God Gives a Second Chance!

Moses and Aaron performed all these wonders before Pharaoh, but the Lord hardened Pharaoh’s heart, and he did not let the people of Israel go out of his land. This day shall be a day of remembrance for you. You shall celebrate it as a festival to the Lord; throughout your generations you shall observe it as a perpetual ordinance.( Ex 11,14)

Pharaoh heart was hardened; he would not allow the Israel to go out of Egypt in spite of many Wonders that Moses and Aaron worked in the name of God. The Lord takes the final chance over the king Pharaoh and the land of Egypt to let the people of Israel free. He tells them to celebrate Passover. As the Lord commanded the people of Israel celebrate the feast of Passover. The Lord passes over the houses that celebrated the Passover and protects them. “For I will pass through the land of Egypt that night, and I will strike down every firstborn in the land of Egypt, both human beings and animals; on all the gods of Egypt I will execute judgments: I am the Lord” (Ex 12:12). The feast of Passover becomes a great feast of memory of liberation of people of Israel. The Lord protected them and they began their journey out of Egypt. 

Are we aware that God has his way of getting things done?

Year Two

Isa 38:1-6, 21-22

God Gives a Second Chance!

Hezekiah was told by Isaiah that his illness would take him to death. God ordered him to put his household in order. God warns us to keep our household in order from impending danger and death. One has to act accordingly to keep order in his/her life. Life warnings are present before every dangerous situation. The Lord is good enough to show us a way to set things right. Let us see things right as early as possible and live well.

Hezekiah prayed and cried to the Lord, and the Lord heard his prayer and gave him another fifteen years to love. The Lord is kind enough to give us time and possibilities to amend our ways. The Lord has given us time, and we have to make use of it well to come back to the Lord. Blessed are the people who consider that they are given a second life or second chance to live and make an effort to live well for the love of the Lord.

Do we consider that God has given most of us a second chance?

Mt 12:1-8

I tell you, something greater than the temple is here. But if you had known what this means, ‘I desire mercy and not sacrifice,’ you would not have condemned the guiltless. For the Son of Man is lord of the Sabbath.” (Mt 12:6-8)

We need to accept that Jesus is omnipotent. He can do everything for us.  He is greater than anyone and greater than any law. In following God and his ways, we feel that sacrifice is more important than obedience; likewise, sacrifice is more than mercy.  The Lord prefers obedience and mercy, obedience of man to God and God's mercy towards his people.  The Lord is merciful. Another name for God is Mercy.  Mercy of the Lord envelopes you completely, and it is not a passing feeling but one of everlasting life.

Do I trust in the mercy of God?

Fr Putti Anthaiah sdb

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