Mercy is our communion with the Father

WORD 2day: Friday, 13th week in Ordinary time

July 1, 2022: Amos 8:4-6, 9-12; Matthew 9: 9-13

I desire mercy not sacrifice. There is a particular perspective that a Godly person alone can have: the perspective of God. For God, every one is same; every one is a child to be loved. Why doesn't God punish? Why are evil ones not destroyed yet? These are some questions that some always pose! 

At times we like to see the untoward things that happen, as punishments from God... though infact it is we who cause ourselves the hurts and injuries. Our God is a God who loves mercy. When we make choices that are inhuman, when we hold on to priorities that are ungodly, when we act on criteria that are unjust, we drain ourselves of the divine presence that is within us and that surrounds us, because we withdraw from God, hide from our maker as Adam and Eve did in the garden of eden. And the result: famine, famine of the divine presence, famine of the Word, famine of the light of God.

The Lord calls us as he calls Matthew, to leave the table and follow Him; to leave our ungodly priorities, unjust criteria and inhuman choices and follow the Lord. When we follow the Lord, what would matter to us will be mercy, and mercy alone. It is our choice to make, a choice in our daily life, in our everyday experience, in our thoughts, words and actions.

Being Godly is being merciful. Blessed are the merciful, for they will receive mercy; in God's own mercy, the Lord will deliver God's word to us. There will be no famine of the Word of God; we will be in perfect communion with the Lord! Let us be merciful as our Heavenly Father is merciful.