Mercy of the Master
Friday, 15th week in Ordinary Time
Is 38: 1-6, 21-22, 7-8; Mt 12:1-8
The Lord is the Master of everything, the One who made everything and maintains order in them. Everything obeys the Lord and everything goes according to the Lord's bidding. Human beings alone revolt and rebel and the Lord loves that because it is through that the human beings prove to themselves and the entire reality that they are special, that they are made in the image of God with freedom and responsibility.
It is the mercy of the Master that allows us to go on living even if do not comply with all that the Lord lays down. The Word reminds us today that we live by that mercy. How good it will be if only we understood the mercy of God and live it in our daily interactions: staying far from judging people, giving everyone an endless second chance and compassionately accompanying the weak and the needy!
Let the mercy of the Master spur us on!