Monday of week 23 in Ordinary Time
Saint Peter Claver
Gospel – Luke 6:6-11
“Is it against the law on the sabbath to do good, or to do evil; to save life, or to destroy it?”. Jesus is asking a very basic question which must be the foundation of every law and instruction. All the laws and norms must be for doing good. They must be for saving life. Not just the opposite. But often, we try to interpret or change laws and norms in a way that it becomes an instrument for doing evil so that my selfish interests are saved. In this process, probably lives are destroyed. The laws and norms which God gave to the People of God in the Old Testament became like that. They became laws not of loving God but laws of a punishing God. Jesus is God became man who wants to save each and everyone. This is the most important principle, Jesus Christ, the love of God incarnate. So, if any law or norm, which does not contain that love of God, it’s not worthy to save us. Let’s reflect: Do I see the norms and laws as vehicles of God’s love to save persons?
Don Giorgio