Who can Know the Mind of God!

 

31st Week Monday in Ordinary Time

Year One

Meditation

Rom 11:29-36

Who can Know the Mind of God!

We are called to obey God. Obeying God would mean following the commands of God. The written laws of God are available to all. The laws of God is taken by family, community and state. In keeping the law, we keep ourselves for good. Obeying God is obeying those around us, especially elders and those in authority.

No one can know the mind of God. We do not completely understand the mind of God. One thing we can note is that God wants us to be happy.  All that does not keep us happy is not of God. It is the work of the devil to keep one sad. Be happy and be cheerful. Thank God and thank one another. A happy life will let us know the mind of God.

Are we aware that humans are called to be happy?

Year Two

Phil 2:1-4

Consider Others Better than Yourself!

St Paul, in his letter to the Philippians, feels that if the community has encouragement, consolation, compassion and sympathy present in Christ Jesus, it is happy, for he is of the same accord and mind. A positive mindset is the way to win in life. Love for Jesus brings about positive vibes in life.

Let no one care for one’s selfish ambitions or conceit, but in humility consider others better than oneself. Let each one look for the interests of others. In such a family, community or society, there will be true love not born of human will but of the love of God.

Do we consider others to be better than ourselves?

Lk 14:12-14

 Do We Expect a Reward for Our Action?

He also said to the one who had invited him, “When you give a luncheon or a dinner, do not invite your friends or your brothers and sisters or your relatives or rich neighbours, in case they may invite you in return, and you would be repaid. But when you give a banquet, invite the poor, the crippled, the lame, and the blind. And you will be blessed because they cannot repay you, for you will be repaid at the resurrection of the righteous.” (Lk 14:12-14)

In today’s world, we greet those who greet us, we treat those who treat us well, and we relate with people who are beneficial to us; thus, the relationship in the world seems like a business. We do something good to others for which we expect something in return. Jesus is asking us to have another kind of expectation in our life and charity; the reward that we earn is not of the earthly but of heavenly reward. Do good to those who will not be able to pay you back. They are most deserving, and the Lord will reward us in this world and in the next world.

Does my service expect something in return in this world or in the next world?

St Martin de Porres

Fr Putti Anthaiah, sdb

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