Monday 20th week Year
A
First Reading
Judges 2:11-19
Gospel
Matthew 19:16-22
THEME: ACT ACCORDING TO THE LAWS
OF GOD AND YOU WILL BE SAVED
After observing what is happening
in our world today, I sometimes think that our problems come from us. The type
of evil we do is becoming alarming as if we do not know the law again. Sometime
in 2007/2008, in my Parish, the parish vicar was doing first Friday adoration
for us. It was all night program. People started using that avenue to act so
stupid. After the adoration, Saturday morning when our mothers will keeping the church clean against Sunday, they will be discovering used condoms around
the church compound. People started robbing those going for the adoration. I
was once a victim of that. The parish vicar in one of the adorations said,
anyone who is doing one of those things should stop or whatever the person
sees, he/she should take. People continued doing that and he warned again and
said, to avoid increase in mad people around here. The rate young men and women
run man in our place is making me to think that it has connection with that
thing. I may be very wrong but just citing example.
The story is just to bring home
what happened in the first reading. After all that the Lord did for them, they
still insisted on disobeying God and following other goods. Before now Joshua
warned them that God is a jealous God and they are now today in the reading
following Baal. The same may be found among us today. We still know the rule or
laws, why are we not acting according to them.
In the gospel, the rich young man
claimed he has been keeping those laws since his childhood. Fine and good. How
can we show love without expressing it to those in need. Love is not only
limited to your husband, wife, children, parents, boyfriend or girlfriend, it
is extended to helping those who are in need of our help. So since we have
known all we need to know about law or commandments of God we should act
according to them and we shall be saved. Thanks.
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