"DO TO OTHERS WHATEVER YOU WOULD HAVE THEM TO DO TO YOU"

 21^st June, 2022:

TUSEDAY,  TWELTH WEEK 

OF ORDINARY TIME (C)

(2 Kgs 19: 9b-11, 14-21,31-35a); 

(Mt 7: 6, 12-14)

"DO TO OTHERS WHATEVER YOU WOULD HAVE THEM TO DO TO YOU"

Dear brothers and sisters in Christ, today as we paid attention to the expressions of the Scriptures, we are completely reminded to share ourselves with the Lord and not to be handily influenced by wrongdoing, which would lead us down the way towards obliteration and annihilation, and we should not let pride and arrogance from influencing and impacting us or our activities throughout everyday life. All things considered, we ought to make an honest effort to lower ourselves before God and regard His calls, paying attention to His words and updates for us to get some distance from our wrongdoings. We are undeniably called to be blessed and honorable in the entirety of our words, activities and deeds, and everything should start from our day to day living.

In our most memorable reading today, we heard from the Book of Kings of Israel and Judah the record of the assault on Judah and the attack of Jerusalem by the Assyrians, which occurred during the rule of the honorable King Hezekiah of Judah. Lord Sennacherib of Assyria carried his entire huge armed force to overcome Judah and Jerusalem, and individuals of God and their ruler were completely dwarfed and nobody would have anticipated that they should endure the assault by the Assyrians, in particular from Sennacherib himself, who gladly accepted and reported that no god or god had at any point safeguarded some other countries he had annihilated and vanquished, and that a similar destiny would happen to Judah too.

Be that as it may, Judah and Jerusalem had the Lord, the unrivaled True God, Who was by the side of His people, Who paid attention to each and every profane words expressed by ruler Sennacherib in his vain vanity. The Lord paid attention to Sennacherib's prideful words as well as Hezekiah and individuals of Judah's requests for redemption, made through the prophet Isaiah, every one of whom confided in the Lord and His provision and help. The Lord thusly conveyed His cherished individuals from hurt, and as we heard in our most memorable understanding today, sent His Angels to crush the powers of the Assyrians, and caused monstrous passing among them, which prompted Sennacherib withdrawing back to his property in disgrace.

The Lord showed that every one of the people who pride in themselves and would not put stock in Him, or oppress the individuals who have confidence in Him, will confront rout and obliteration eventually. He has forever been with the individuals who shared themselves with Him, similarly as He demonstrated to individuals of Judah and their ruler, Hezekiah. Pride is for sure an extremely unfortunate and horrendous sin, and is something that can undoubtedly occupy and pull us from the way towards salvation. We should not be prideful and haughty, presumptuous and feeling that we are perfect and strong, for as we have heard, the Lord brought low the individuals who were glad and strong, when they bragged their power and magnificence before others.

In our Gospel section today, we knew about the Lord addressing His supporters and adherents, approaching every one of them to blessedness, expressing to them how the way to salvation and timeless life is genuinely one that is restricted and troublesome, and except if one puts forth the attempt to enter the limited door, then, at that point, many might wind up not having the option to go into that ideal way. Furthermore, for what reason is that anyway, brothers and sisters in Christ? That is precisely a direct result of pride, exorbitant arrogance and presumption I referenced before, the defeat of large numbers of our ancestors, as well as numerous different things like ravenousness, envy, scorn, desire in addition to other things.

That is the reason as Christians all of us are called and tested to eliminate from ourselves, our hearts and brains, this large number of impediments of pride, eagerness, desire, disdain, avarices, anger, jealousy, sloth and any remaining things that frequently kept us from tracking down our direction towards God. We can't permit those things to divert or entice us to fall into the way of transgression, over and over, as a large number of us had encountered over the course of life. We are undeniably called to be better Christians in activities, words and deeds, and we can't be fakers who act in the manner in opposition to what our confidence had shown and uncovered to us.

Today we commend the banquet of St. Aloysius Gonzaga, one of the prestigious youthful holy person of the Church, who regardless of his young age at death and somewhat short life, figured out how to move many individuals who were moved by his devotion to God, his confidence and commitments, in his responsibility and individual sacredness. St. Aloysius Gonzaga can turn into our motivation by they way we can be better educates and devotees of Christ, as despite the fact that he was naturally introduced to a distinguished respectable brothers and sisters, and as firstborn child was as a matter of fact likewise the successor to his brothers and sisters titles and fortunes, he decided to abandon everything to turn into a strict and minister.

Notwithstanding his dad and brothers and sisters opposition and endeavors to deter him from doing as such, St. Aloysius Gonzaga wouldn't be discouraged, and after a ton of exertion and steadiness, he was at last permitted to join the strict life, and he decided to give all privileges over to legacy, power and greatness. He turned into an individual from the Society of Jesus or the Jesuits, and started his educational period and preparing. He dedicated himself completely to his calling, in any event, serving and really focusing on poor people and the wiped out around his local area, and which made him be becoming sick with the illness. In any case that didn't stop St. Aloysius Gonzaga, who went on with his works until he died in his acts of kindness.

Brothers and sisters in Christ, as we can see from the case of the confidence of St. Aloysius Gonzaga, his responsibility and high-minded lifestyle, his modesty and eagerness to leave the quest for common power and magnificence, all of us are additionally called and tested to be better Christians following his models, to free ourselves of undesirable connections and fixations for common things and matters, and on second thought pulling together our consideration on the Lord. Allow all of us to look for the Lord from here on out with recharged confidence and energy, consistently. May God favor every last one of us, presently and forevermore. Amen.