WORD 2day

17th September, 2013

At times I feel that I am obsessed with the word and the virtue of Integrity. The readings today summon every person in Christian community to recognise and reassess the place and the importance of this quality in our life and community today. More than any quality of efficiency or intelligence, it is personal integrity that St. Paul outlines as the quality needed utmost for anyone who wants to serve a Christian Community. Jesus, most obviously, is the model presented to us by the Gospel. Not merely a sermon or a discourse, but we see Jesus moved with compassion for the helpless widow on the streets of Nain. The Responsorial Psalm drives home to us the crux of the message today: "He who walks in the way of integrity shall be in my service" (Ps 101:6). The less the disparity between our talk and our walk, the more is our Integrity! Integrity, infact, is the internal peace that leads to Universal Peace!