WORD 2day: 20th September, 2017
Wednesday, 24th week in Ordinary Time
1 Tim 3: 14-16; Lk7: 31-35
At times we dwell in petty arguments regarding faith - to do this or not to do that, who is greater and who is less, what word to use in prayer and what not, which is the most fit time to do something for the Lord, which language is the most sacred language fit for liturgical celebrations, which rite is more prone to reach God faster... are not these like the lamentations of the children Jesus refers to in the gospel today: we played the flute and you did not dance; we played the dirges and you did not moan!
Paul reminds us in the first reading today, that the mystery of our religion, or the truth of our faith, the crux of our Christian life is much deep indeed. Let us not water down our faith to some rituals to be undertaken, some conditions to be fulfilled or some obligations to be respected. Out Christian faith is an entire life to be lived, in all its details, in its very depth. It is not so much what we do but what make us do what we do. It is not so much what we refrain from, but what is that which matters more, that makes us refrain from something else.
Our faith is not about our apparent behaviour and habits, but the deep seated convictions that give rise to such behaviours and habits.
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