Monday of week 23 in Ordinary Time
St. Mother Teresa of Calcutta (1910 – 1997)
“Then Jesus said to them, ‘I put it to you: is it against the law on the sabbath to do good, or to do evil; to save life, or to destroy it?’” With these words Jesus abolished all excuses against doing good. Often, we hesitate to do the good what we must do because we find some so-called valid and even religious excuses. That cannot be anymore. When you see someone before you, who is in need, there is no more excuse not to help or do something good. Today we celebrate the Feast of St. Mother Theresa of Calcutta, who understood this teaching of Christ. To whoever is in need, we must do what we can. We cannot just pass by, holding our excuses, if we want to follow Jesus Christ who healed the man with the withered hand on a Sabbath.
Monday 5 September
