Tuesday of week 12 in Ordinary Time
Gospel – Matthew 7:6,12-14
“So always treat others as you would like them to treat you; that is the meaning of the Law and the Prophets”. This is the golden rule. We want that others treat us good and we are not ready to do that. We must treat others as we would like them to treat us means we must everyone good. Because we want that everyone treats us good. But there is an important point to note in this. This is not a claim that everyone must treat us good. It only suggests how we must behave. Based on this we cannot say that we treat them well and they also should treat us well. We treat them well because we want that they also treat us well. Whether they treat us well or not is not to be considered in this command of Jesus. We must treat everyone well. That is the narrow road leads to life because that is the way of the cross in which there is life. Let’s reflect: Do I claim that others must treat me well because I treat them well or I treat them well without any claims?
Tuesday 25 June
