January 22, 2019
Tuesday, 2nd week in Ordinary time
Hebrews 6: 10-20; Mark 2: 23-28
The crux of the the first reading today, or for that matter even of the whole Gospels, is the fact that God is faithful forever. God's faithfulness is the anchor of our soul, that unfailing surety of our well-being, the goodness that never ceases and the pertinent question is, how do I find my faithfulness vis-a-vis that of God!
In demonstration of God's faithfulness, God gives! God gives without count, without any limit, without restraint, without conditions or calculations, without anything expected in return. Just imagine the abundance of goodness that we enjoy: the air that we breathe, the water that was given which we have exploited to the utmost, the earth that we have contaminated and the balance of the entire cosmos that we have devastated without any qualms.
Now the question is, what do we do to demonstrate our faithfulness to God? A weekly appointment, kept up with so much of burdensome feeling; a few fragmented moments every day, mostly out of routine and sometimes out of fear; and some special days' activities which form so much part of our customs? All of them so legalistically followed sometimes with such insensitivity towards expressing our true love and gratitude... I know I am being too negative about it.
When it comes to being faithful to God, we compare ourselves with others, with those who are much worse than ourselves in lifestyle, with those who have done something wrong to us and so on! Why don't we compare our faithfulness with the faithfulness of God? It would do so much good, if today we gave this dimension a serious thought: God's Faithfulness versus our faithfulness!