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| | beware of judging “The stone which the builders rejected as worthless turned out to be the most important of all.” – Mark 12: 10 Had Jesus, our Lord, lived among us as a billionaire, a celebrity or a high government official, He would have been treated much differently. He wouldn’t have been abandoned by friends, condemned by rulers and rejected by His own people. But, no. He was the stone the builders rejected. To many, He didn’t fit the description of the promised Messiah whom God promised. It must have been difficult for them to see the Son of God as a carpenter, someone who walked among fishermen and tax collectors, ordinary people and sinners. How many times have you judged others of not coming up to your expectations, of not meeting your standards, of not being worthy of your kind? How many times have you also been mistaken? I heard about an actress who arrogantly told a simple old woman she didn’t want her to be in the same elevator. The old woman stepped out of the elevator but only to call the guards to take the surprised actress out of the place. The woman owned the building. Be very cautious of judging others. The person who might turn out to be unworthy is you. Alvin Barcelona (kpreacheralvin@gmail.com) REFLECTION: Have you been rejected as someone unworthy? How did you feel? Have you rejected others, too? Did you ever think how they must have felt about it? Lord, I am unworthy, yet You have given me so much worth and value because You accepted me and loved me for who I am. May I do the same to others. Amen. | |
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| | COMPANION | 1st READING This passage sets the tone for the whole book of Tobit where we follow the fortunes of Tobit and his family, all of whom are good and God-fearing people. Not only does Tobit seek to share his meal with someone who has nothing to eat, on learning of someone who has died in the street he takes on the duty of others to take care of burying the body. As the Old Testament understands it, he is truly good and righteous person. Tobit 1:3; 2:1-8 3 I, Tobit, have walked all the days of my life on the paths of truth and righteousness. I performed many charitable works for my kinsmen and my people who had been deported with me to Nineveh, in Assyria. 2: 1 On our festival of Pentecost, the feast of Weeks, a fine dinner was prepared for me, and I reclined to eat. 2 The table was set for me, and when many different dishes were placed before me, I said to my son Tobiah: “My son, go out and try to find a poor man from among our kinsmen exiled here in Nineveh. If he is a sincere worshiper of God, bring him back with you, so that he can share this meal with me. Indeed, son, I shall wait for you to come back.” 3 Tobiah went out to look for some poor kinsman of ours. When he returned he exclaimed, “Father!” I said to him, “What is it, son?” He answered, “Father, one of our people has been murdered! His body lies in the market place where he was just strangled!” 4 I sprang to my feet, leaving the dinner untouched; and I carried the dead man from the street and put him in one of the rooms, so that I might bury him after sunset. 5 Returning to my own quarters, I washed myself and ate my food in sorrow. 6 I was reminded of the oracle pronounced by the prophet Amos against Bethel: “Your festivals shall be turned into mourning, and all your songs into lamentation.” 7 And I wept. Then at sunset I went out, dug a grave, and buried him. 8 The neighbours mocked me, saying to one another: “Will this man never learn! Once before he was hunted down for execution because of this very thing; yet now that he has escaped, here he is again burying the dead!” P S A L M Psalms 112:1-2, 3-4, 5-6 R: Blessed the man who fears the Lord. 1 Blessed the man who fears the LORD, who greatly delights in his commands. 2 His posterity shall be mighty upon the earth; the upright generation shall be blessed. (R) 3 His generosity shall endure forever. 4 Light shines through the darkness for the upright; he is gracious and merciful and just. (R) 5 Well for the man who is gracious and lends, who conducts his affairs with justice; 6 he shall never be moved; the just man shall be in everlasting remembrance. (R) G O S P E L So often the test of holiness and goodness comes when the judge is not around in person to see what we are doing. Out of sight – out of mind is an attitude that never excuses a wrong we might be contemplating. In the same way a good test of a person’s goodness of love is to see how consistent it is when there is nothing in return on offer to the person doing a good deed. Let us seek to grow in selflessness and thus service of those around us. ALLELUIA R: Alleluia, alleluia Jesus Christ, you are the faithful witness, the firstborn of the dead; you have loved us and freed us from our sins by your Blood. R: Alleluia, alleluia Mark 12:1-12 1 Jesus began to speak to the chief priests, the scribes, and the elders in parables. “A man planted a vineyard, put a hedge around it, dug a wine press, and built a tower. Then he leased it to tenant farmers and left on a journey. 2 At the proper time he sent a servant to the tenants to obtain from them some of the produce of the vineyard. 3 But they seized him, beat him, and sent him away empty-handed. 4 Again he sent them another servant. And that one they beat over the head and treated shamefully. 5 He sent yet another whom they killed. So, too, many others; some they beat, others they killed. 6 He had one other to send, a beloved son. He sent him to them last of all, thinking, ‘They will respect my son.’ 7 But those tenants said to one another, ‘This is the heir. Come, let us kill him, and the inheritance will be ours.’ 8 So they seized him and killed him, and threw him out of the vineyard. 9 What then will the owner of the vineyard do? He will come, put the tenants to death, and give the vineyard to others. 10 Have you not read this scripture passage: ‘The stone that the builders rejected has become the cornerstone; 11 by the Lord has this been done, and it is wonderful in our eyes’?” 12 They were seeking to arrest him, but they feared the crowd, for they realized that he had addressed the parable to them. So they left him and went away. my reflections t h i n k : S o often the test of holiness and goodness comes when the judge is not around in person to see what we are doing. God’s special verse/thought for me today________________ _________________________________________________________
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| | SABBATH | THE STONE WE REJECTED Do you have any regrets in your life? I have — and there are many of them. My regrets come from an error of judgment and the rejection of something in or for my life that I should have accepted. For example, I regret not taking up the chance to learn a musical instrument when my parents offered me. I regret this so much that I wish they had forced me to do it. Why don’t I just start learning one now? Well, maybe I should. But the excuse I give is that I am too busy to have the time to learn an instrument properly. And if it is worth doing, it needs a minimum level of commitment and effort. Is this reason good enough? Maybe not, but it holds sway in my mind as I write this reflection. Jesus tells a parable and then interprets it through the image of a rejected stone. This is a powerful image. When we consider that the stone is a metaphor for a foundational truth in our lives, it becomes all the more important. The people to whom Jesus was speaking knew exactly what Jesus meant through the parable but they reject His criticism and seek to get rid of Him from their lives. This rejection is a rejection of the truth of the Gospel. It is a refusal to submit one’s life humbly to the will and plan of God. It is tantamount to replacing God as the authority figure in one’s life. Regret can lead to depression. When we realize that we have made a mistake, let us be mature enough to admit it, repent of it and then get on with remedying the situation no matter how embarrassing it might be. Nothing is worth going into depression. We all make mistakes. Let us simply try to do our best to make the right choices, and change and fix whatever errors we make. Jesus must be the cornerstone — in fact every stone — on which we build our Christian lives. We can learn about Him through the lives of others, but ultimately it is Jesus and the Gospel upon which we must build. Fr. Steve Tynan, MGL Reflection Question: Do I have any regrets in life? What are they? Can I do anything to fix the problem they created? What am I going to do about them? Father, You are the source of all goodness. Help me to draw from the truth in the decisions that I make for my life so that I will regret as little as possible later. St. Paul the Simple, pray for us. | |
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