Saturday of week 10 in Ordinary Time
Saturday memorial of the Blessed Virgin Mary
Gospel – Matthew 5:33-37
“All you need say is “Yes” if you mean yes, “No” if you mean no; anything more than this comes from the evil one.”. This is an important teaching of Jesus Christ that we must keep in our mind always. Don’t try to adjust ourselves in our response to evil or to good. We must not try to mix the evil with the good or vice versa just to adapt to our selfish interests. This is not about seeing positive. It’s about the intention which we have when we deal with the right and wrong. We must not twist things to adapt. We must say ‘yes’ as ‘yes’. Not to manipulate because we want to please someone, or we want to put also our selfish interests. Also, it’s a question of justice. Justice to good. When we manipulate good, it becomes evil. We need grace and mercy to follow always the good but that does not mean that we must manipulate the good. We ask for grace and do the good. And, we ask for mercy when we go wrong. And not to justify the wrong as right. Let’s reflect: Do I recognize the moments in which I manipulate good to adapt to my selfishness?
Saturday 15 June
