By Nibin K Cyriac, CSC –
Readings: 1 Tm 3:14-16; Lk 7: 31-35
Finding fault in anything is a very easy work. But to appreciate or to encourage, we need to be really humble and open. It is tough. Jesus speaks about the people of his time that they are not ready to accept or to act upon. But it is the same situation in the life even today. A new idea is rarely accepted and if it is a challenging, it is scrutinized and trashed by the people.
In case of Jesus he made choices- choices that are rarest of rare, and people of his time couldn’t digest it. They protested not only against Jesus but also to all his deeds which pricked them. Readings of today demand from us certain things like openness to accept the ideas which are aimed at the goodness of people, patience to know the outcome of certain rules and teachings of present life, shrewdness to identify the good and bad sides of any undertaking in the country, maturity to respond to the needs of the society wisely, and courage to take bold steps to the betterment of the humanity and nature.
Each one has the responsibility to listen to the word of God and to act upon it. Once you accept and understand it, grace will surely flow to our life and through us to others. We will become a grace to the society and our life will turn as motivation to the people around.