Mind your Business!

Friday, 22nd week in Ordinary Time

7th September, 2018: 1 Cor 4: 1-5; Lk 5:33-39

At times we mind everybody else's business, forgetting the all important business that we have - our life! The Word today instructs us to mind our business. How hard can one try to satisfy everyone around? Is it worth the effort at all? How many lives are made so boring and barren merely out of living up to the expectations of the world around! The secret of a truly fruitful and meaningful life is: knowing your business and going about it.

Knowing who we are: as St. Paul shares in his letter today, what is expected of a steward is that each one is found worthy of the One whose stewards we are! Knowing who we are and striving to be faithful to it, is the Christian meaning to our life. Christ did just that. He knew he was the Son of God and he lived his life to the full worthy of the identity that he inherited from the Lord. 

We are called to be his stewards, and we are called to live worthy of it, notwithstanding the praises or critiques, the affirmations or discouragements that might come our way. If we try to patch up with unfitting elements merely because those around us are looking for it, if we mix up unblending elements just because the world around enjoys it. if we compromised our life with God with standards and criteria other than God's... we may lose the true sense of our calling. 

The best thing amidst all the mixed voices around is, to know and mind our business!