Seeking company or busy complaining?
Thursday, 31st week in Ordinary Time
Rom 14: 7-12 ; Lk 15: 1-10
Two attitudes in contrast today bring out the quality of a person who belongs to the Reign of God. The so called sinners and publicans were seeking to be in the company of Jesus while the pharisees were busy complaining that Jesus was eating with sinners and meeting with the outcasts. Jesus says he cared two hoots about what the pharisees thought, because Jesus' task was so clear cut and absolute for him: the Reign of God.
Eating and drinking and feasts and gatherings are ofcourse important for the spirit of the Reign. But they were not all for Jesus. Righteousness, peace, and joy in the Holy Spirit (Rom 14:17)... that's the Reign of God. Whose company we seek? What do we decry? What is that which disturbs us when we look at the society today or our own life today. ...these are the pertinent questions that will make me truly a person of the Reign.