The Curse of Compromise
4th Monday in Ordinary Time
2 Samuel 15:13-14,30,16:5-13; Mk 5:1-20
The society today has many issues to sort but if there is something that seems to be having apparently no solution, it is the curse of compromises. It has no solution because one does not see it as a problem, and at times we find unlimited justification for such compromises.
Just because Saul was a Benjaminite, today we see a man cursing David on Saul's account forgetting and justifying all that Saul did against David. How many compromises are made just because someone is on my side, known to me or related to me!
The people in the Gospel were ready to live with the demoniacs and their troubles... they didn't want too much of disturbance in their cosy lives. They even ask Jesus to leave their neighbourhood because Jesus was making everything new. They were more for compromises.
The world has begun to put up with anything. They compromise on everything for certain gains and calculations. Would Jesus like that? Or would we give up on Jesus due to this curse of compromise!
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