Humans belong to God!

 

30th Week Monday in Ordinary Time

Year One

Rom 8:12-17

Meditation

Humans belong to God!

The foundation is laid strongly for a community of believers or people of God in the church. Humans are weak in body and human body is mortal. In the spirit of God, humans live for eternity. By the spirit of God which is in the body; the body and spirit make us children of God. God has made us his children, and we are not slaves of body and evil, but we are adopted children of God. Humans could cry to God as Abba! Father. How fortunate are the humans to call God as Abba! Father. As humans Call God Abba! Father: humans are children of God and as they are children of God they belong to the family of God and so they are heirs of God and his Son Jesus Christ. As belong to Jesus, humans do suffer to take part in the glory of Jesus.

Humans belong to God, and they are heirs of the kingdom of Jesus?

Year Two

Eph 4:32-5:8

Forgive Each Other!

St Paul begins with a simple yet profound command: “Be kind and compassionate…forgive each other, just as in Christ God forgave you.” The standard of forgiveness isn’t our feelings or what others “deserve”, it’s the grace we’ve already received. Christ’s self-giving love becomes both our example and our empowerment. Walking “in the way of love” means living sacrificially, choosing compassion over resentment, and extending mercy that reflects the cross.

Kindness and forgiveness are not optional acts but daily expressions of Christ’s life in us. Who might God be calling you to forgive or show compassion to today? Gratitude replaces greed and impurity when we focus on God’s goodness rather than what we lack. Cultivating thanksgiving changes the atmosphere of our hearts. Light living means letting integrity and love guide our choices, even in private moments. We are no longer who we were; we now bear God’s image in the world.

Do we learn the art of forgiving?

Lk 13:10-17

Do Good to Others!

 Now he was teaching in one of the synagogues on the Sabbath.  And just then there appeared a woman with a spirit that had crippled her for eighteen years. She was bent over and was quite unable to stand up straight.  When Jesus saw her, he called her over and said, “Woman, you are set free from your ailment.”  When he laid his hands on her, immediately she stood up straight and began praising God.  But the leader of the synagogue, indignant because Jesus had cured on the Sabbath, kept saying to the crowd, “There are six days on which work ought to be done; come on those days and be cured and not on the Sabbath day.” (Lk 13:10-17).

It is very good to keep the Sabbath, a day set apart for God to pray and for men/women to take rest. The leaders of the synagogue were upset that Jesus cured a woman, who had been sick for eighteen long years. The leaders instead of being happy about the healing, they were finding fault with Jesus. It is always the case with leaders and people that they forget about the good being done and notice only mere violation of law.  The laws and regulations are for the good of men/women.  We are not able to see through the law, because our minds and hearts are blocked to see only negativity in good persons.

Do I like to do good to someone, even going beyond the man-made law?

Fr. Putti Anthaiah, sdb

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