"LAW-CENTERED OR LOVE-CENTERED?"

 19th January 2022

WEDNESDAY, SECOND WEEK IN ORDINARY TIME

(1 Sm 17:32-33,37,40-51);  (Mk 3:1-6) 

   "LAW-CENTERED OR LOVE-CENTERED? "

Dear people in Christ, today as we paid attention to the Word of the sacred Scriptures, we are reminded to reveal the Love of God for the humanity. We ought not to rely exclusively just upon our own power and capacities rather we must trust and believe in God. For with God there is nothing impossible, and He will forever be with us, guiding us and strengthening us, as He has more than once exposed over and over our time. As we tuned in and recalled again to reflect on Word God, we must think about the fact that we are so lucky to have been loved by God. It demonstrates the unconditional love of God the Father towards humanity. God the Father is always ready to forgive and embrace us, even though we are sinners. Therefore we all are called to love him more than anything in the world.

In our first understanding today, we heard the popular record of the fight and battle among David and Goliath, the previous being the hero of the Israelites and the person who have been picked and blessed by God to be the one to succeed King Saul as the King of Israel, while the last option was the incredible boss of the Philistines, individuals who mistreated the Israelites around then and assaulted individuals of God. At the point when the Israelites persevered against the Philistines, they put the fight to be chosen by the single battle between the heroes.

Given the height and constitution of David and Goliath, it was obvious to any spectators that David ought to have lost the battle, as he was much more modest and looked less experienced than the strong Goliath, who was an accomplished trooper as well as was likewise a monster in body. However, behind that generally more modest body of his, David concealed a heart consuming loaded with affection for God, as when Goliath expressed obscenities and condemnations against God, and when the ruler himself and all others were apprehensive, David stood up and addressed the monster's test.

 At the point when David was picked as the new King of Israel as we heard in the prior piece of the Book of the prophet Samuel going before the present readings, he was neither the mightiest nor most noteworthy in height among his siblings. However, with his childhood and his heart brimming with confidence and energy, he has wrested lions and bears before to ensure his rush of sheep. He killed them with his exposed hands and took a chance with his life to secure those that were valuable to him. These were the characteristics that made God to pick him as his favored one, through whom the Kingship of Israel would harp on, and in the end from which the Savior, God's own Son would be conceived.

The Gospel portrays the discussion among Jesus and the strict specialists about the Sabbath recognition. We run over two differentiating taxations regarding what one ought to do or not do on the Sabbath. As per the Pharisees, nobody should deal with the Sabbath at any cost, since it is a blessed day, though Jesus permits work on the Sabbath day when it is totally dynamic, for instance, to help somebody in desperate need, or to save one's life. The Jewish law, however great, was somewhat flawed, and one couldn't accomplish flawlessness exclusively directed by it. However, a few Pharisees and instructors of the law clung to a severe and incapacitating translation of it. At the point when Jesus called attention to this blunder, they would not listen on the grounds that they weren't keen on reality; they simply needed to substantiate themselves right and him wrong at any expense. The man with the deadened hand needed what was expected to carry on with an ordinary life. What a gift it was for him to have Jesus acted the hero. The Lord, in recuperating him of his disease, breaks the chains that diminished him to carry on with the completion of life. Jesus adored humankind more than the laws, and accordingly worked wonders of recuperating regardless of the spot or the time, even in a place of worship on the Sabbath. The Pharisees were law focused and not individuals focused. They couldn't see the value in the recuperating of the incapacitated man. Everything they could see was the offense of the law of the Sabbath by Jesus. As per them, he had regard neither for the law nor for the Sabbath. Their wrongdoing was not their obligation to maintaining the law, but rather their self-centered intention of sentencing any individual who gave off an impression of being a danger and a test to their position and renown. 

In the deal, they wouldn't see reality, and subsequently they were declining God himself. Pride, haughtiness and a self-centered inclination towards self-conservation turned into their demise. Let us not effectively yield to surrender however do whatever we can to do God's will and give a valiant effort in life to be model in life as great and committed Christians. May the Lord be with all of us and may He engage all of us to follow Him in every single moves we make. May He additionally fortify us and the Church with genuine solidarity this week as we commend this Week of Prayer for Christian Unity this week? So that all of us follow our Lord Jesus Christ wholeheartedly and preach the Gospel to the whole nations. We may bring all to the right path to attain salvation from the Lord Jesus Christ. Amen 

Response: Blest be the Lord, my rock.