The Blue-eyed of God

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

January 20, 2026 - 1 Samuel 16:1-13; Mark 2: 23-28

David is chosen over and above the rest of his brothers... all of them stronger and fitter. Not even for Samuel who understood so well the mind of God, was it easy to make sense of this choice. But soon things would happen, to prove how that choice could be justified - be it the killing of the Philistine Goliath, or the hundreds and thousands he overpowered in war or the kind of turmoils and internal coups that he withstood. All this he could because God gave him the special gift.

On his own part too, David proved himself so worthy of the choice. He loved God so much that God saw in him someone lovable as a son. In fact, David could do anything because he knew he had won the special favour of God. He was special in the eyes of God, he knew that fact and he lived up to it. 

Jesus seems to refer to that fact exactly - the fact that David was a blue-eyed boy of God! Jesus is trying to impress on us today, that we too could grow to be the 'blue-eyed's  of God... if we love God with all our heart, trust God with all our soul and surrender to God our entire life.

Compromise kills!

WORD 2day: 2nd Monday in Ordinary time

January 19, 2026 -1 Samuel 15:16-23; Mark 2: 18-22

Saul defends himself today, 'did I not do what the Lord wanted me to? ' Yes, he did. But not the way the Lord wanted it. This is a crucial problem, even with us. Sometimes we think we are doing what the Lord wants us, or we wish to think so, or worse still we try to convince ourselves that we are doing so. The fact is, heart of heart, we know there is something that is not really '...that right!'

Look at Saul in the episode we refer to today - he tried compromising what the people wanted along with what God wanted. To be honest, he knew, or he should clearly have known that he is not doing exactly what God wanted. That was a matter of the heart. It would have been enough for him to sincerely listen to his heart. 

Jesus warns us therefore - compromising kills... don't compromise with the old ways and the new, with what God wants and what the world wants! What one builds through small tough steps towards perfection, can be pulled down in one simple compromise. 

Yes, let us beware: compromise kills!