WORD 2day: 26th August, 2017
Saturday, 20th week in Ordinary Time
Ruth 2: 1-3,8-11, 4:13-17; Mt 23: 1-12
Goodness is Godliness. Last week had been marked by various acts of terrorism in places like Spain, Ireland and so on. And today I am looking at news coming in from India, the riot that is claiming lives and properties, riots against the verdict convicting a rapist, just because he claims to be a god-man. The Word reflected from this background raised a fundamental question within me - how do we understand goodness?
Is goodness the external appearance of a person sporting conventionally respected images - as a god-man, or a social worker, or a poor-lover, or a cause-believer...these externals do not suffice. And not all are deceived by it, ofcourse some are!
Is goodness all about the deeds and functions? People who wish to create a public image that they are good, try to buy up people by their good deeds and heroism. But is that enough sign of true goodness? Hidden behind the good deeds and acts of people there are agendas and schemes that no one even guesses.
Goodness is all about the basic nature in a person, that is not even seen by the others. Then of what use is it, one could ask. It is nothing to prove to anyone, it is just being good at the core of one's being. That will never change, even if the situation around and the persons around change, for the worse or for the better.
Keeping these in mind, can I really judge who is good and who is not? No one can. I can only say whether I am good or not. But it is so important to ask myself: Am I really Good?
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