WORD 2day: Tuesday, 2ne week in Ordinary time
January 19, 2021: Hebrew 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 never ceases and the question is, how do we find our 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, without anything expected in return. What do we do to demonstrate our faithfulness to God? A weekly appointment and a few fragmented moments every day and some special day's activities? All of them so legalistically followed sometimes with such insensitivity towards expressing our true love and gratitude...today let's give this dimension a serious thought: God's Faithfulness versus our faithfulness!
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 never ceases and the question is, how do we find our 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, without anything expected in return. What do we do to demonstrate our faithfulness to God? A weekly appointment and a few fragmented moments every day and some special day's activities? All of them so legalistically followed sometimes with such insensitivity towards expressing our true love and gratitude...today let's give this dimension a serious thought: God's Faithfulness versus our faithfulness!
God's faithfulness is manifested all through history and in our daily life to. The words of the psalmist, 'if you should consider our iniquities, who would stand before you O Lord,' is a practical reminder of the fact of God's faithfulness towards us. St. Paul writing to Timothy explains, 'if we are faithless, God is faithful' (2Tim 2:13). God's faithfulness is a gift, a reminder and a challenge, that invites us to remain faithful. The concrete expression of our faithfulness towards God, is our faithfulness towards fellow human beings and towards humanity as a whole.
The rising conflicts in relationships at all levels, personal, familial, social, global and so on, is but a sign of how unfaithful towards God we are growing to be! The havoc that is done by this faithlessness, is enormous and we are witness of the damages. Is it not high time to halt, think and renew our faithfulness to God, modeling ourselves after the faithfulness of God?