26th May, 2018: Saturday, 7th week in OrdinaryTime
James 5:13-20; Mark 10:13-16
When we call something a child's play, we intend to say it is an easy task, a no-taxing job, an uncomplicated project! Today Jesus calls the Reign of God a child's play... but meaning to say just the contrary: to say how difficult it is for the grown ups to reach!
Grown ups, in varied senses. Grown ups... are typically those who have totally fixed mindsets, prefabricated judgments, do's and don't's that have not much rationale, obsessed with what the world thinks of them, keeping a meticulous account of the wrongs that others have done, placing social recognition even before interior peace and true joy and various other attitudes that dominate the human thinking today.
Grown ups, in varied senses. Grown ups... are typically those who have totally fixed mindsets, prefabricated judgments, do's and don't's that have not much rationale, obsessed with what the world thinks of them, keeping a meticulous account of the wrongs that others have done, placing social recognition even before interior peace and true joy and various other attitudes that dominate the human thinking today.
The qualities of a Child that are underlined here by the first reading and the Gospel are: innocence of heart, unsophisticated dependence on God and non judgmental relationships! These are the very things we lose as we grow up. Remaining a child in these will make us part of the Reign of God...that is why it is a child's play, not a grown up's game!
Can we grow up to be childlike?
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