16th Sunday in Ordinary Time
St Bridget of Sweden
First reading – Wisdom 12:13,16-19
“By acting thus you have taught a lesson to your people how the virtuous man must be kindly to his fellow men, and you have given your sons the good hope that after sin you will grant repentance”. God in His power has taught us how we must be kind to our fellow man. What is the lesson? God has such strength, but He is mild in judgement. He is not showing His power in being arrogant. Just the opposite. He is not governing us with strictness, but he is governing us with great lenience. This is the God we worship, we adore. From this lesson, we learn. We must be kind to our fellow man. We must be kind in our words and actions to our fellow man remembering this lesson which God teaches us. Whenever we fail to be kind, we fail the Teacher who taught us this lesson. But even if we fail in this, God still is so kind. He forgives. God is forgiving, and this is the reason for the good hope. The scripture is speaking of good hope because it’s not an empty hope. It’s the hope which God gives. Teaches and forgives when we don’t follow the lessons. Let’s reflect: Am I kind to others remembering the lesson which God teaches us?
Sunday 23 July
