September 13, 2019

Gospel: Luke 6:39-42
And Jesus offered this example, “Can a blind person lead another blind person? Surely both will fall into a ditch. A disciple is not above the master; but when fully trained, he will be like the master. So why do you pay attention to the speck in your brother’s eye, while you have a log in your eye, and are not conscious of it? How can you say to your neighbor, ‘Friend, let me take this speck out of your eye,’ when you can’t remove the log in your own? You hypocrite! First remove the log from your own eye, and then you will see clearly enough to remove the speck from your neighbor’s eye.

Reflections
“You will see clearly enough.”
In one instance or another we have already come across an ac- quaintance, a friend, or a colleague, whom we have greeted nicely, but replied rather in a harsh, sarcastic manner. And we wonder why. Un- less she/he tells us we would not exactly know. We could just guess. In this kind of situation, we might opt to adopt God’s way of dea- ling with us: knowing our deepest thoughts and feelings, God, ne- vertheless, treats us with genero- sity, goodness, understanding and compassion. We need them in our day-to-day interaction with others. By trying to understand the person/the situation, we put our- selves in a position where we generously and compassionately give. By being understanding, we put ourselves in her/his own situation, thus seeing things from the other’s perspective. When we understand and consider where the person is coming from, we are more inclined to respond in love, mercy and tenderness. We prevent ourselves from passing inaccurate judgment(s). But here judging should not be construed as igno- ring wrong or injustices commit- ted. It is simply putting ourselves in her/his own shoes so that we can respond lovingly. That is why it helps to keep in mind that we are not gifted the ability to read tho- roughly the content of the human heart, whereas Jesus knows fully well what is going on within us.

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