Faithfulness versus faithfulness

WORD 2day: Tuesday, 2nd week in Ordinary time

January 17, 2023: 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 never ceases and the question is, how and where do we find our faithfulness vis-a-vis the Faithfulness 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. Even in the goodness that God shows there are no conditions attached - as the Gospels say, God shines and showers graces on everyone regardless of whether they are good or bad. When God decided to send God's only Son, God did not adjudicate our worthiness! 

What do we do to demonstrate our faithfulness to God? A weekly appointment and a few fragmented moments every day and some special days' activities? All of them so legalistically followed sometimes with such insensitivity towards expressing our true love and gratitude; sometimes carried out with an external force, or an internal fear, all of these so undeserving and unworthy of the boundless love that God has towards us! 

Today, let's give this dimension a serious thought: God's Faithfulness versus our faithfulness - how much do we strive to measure up to God our loving father and mother.