Homily (Reflection) for Monday of the
Thirtieth Week in Ordinary Time (II) (29th October, 2018) on the
Gospel
Eph 4:32 – 5:8;
Ps 1:1-4.6. (R. cf. Eph 5:1);
Lk 13:10-17.
Topic: Setting priorities.
Jesus called a woman who had been crippled for eighteen
years, and said to her, “Woman, you are set free from your ailment.”
Immediately He laid His hands on her, she stood straight and praised God. The
leader of the synagogue angrily told the crowd not to come on the Sabbaths for
healing. However, Jesus replied,
You hypocrites! Does not each of you on the Sabbath untie his
ox or his donkey from the manger, and lead it away to give it water? And ought
not this woman, a daughter of Abraham who Satan bound for eighteen years, be
set free from this bondage on the Sabbath day?
This response put all his opponents to shame and the entire
crowd rejoiced.
Jesus’ opponents never set their priorities right. The rights
of their animals are more important to them than that of the owners of the
animals.
This is not foreign to what many do today. Sometimes, we accord
more importance to one property or another more than human beings. Compare the
way we take care of for instance our cars to how we take care of others. Sometimes,
we even neglect ourselves.
We must set our priorities right. Not even the whole world
can be compared to a person, cf. Matt
16:26; Mk 8:36; Lk 9:25.
Bible Reading: Lk 9:23-27.
Thought for today: Life is superior.
Let us pray: May God help us to set our
priorities right – Amen.
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