Reflection for MONDAY, 2nd Week, Ordinary Time.
By
Fr. Aloysius Santiago sdb
Director, Social Action Movement, Don Bosco Bida
Today's Word of God
Mark 2:18-22
Now John’s disciples and the Pharisees were fasting. Some people came and asked Jesus, “How is it that John’s disciples and the disciples of the Pharisees are fasting, but yours are not?”
Jesus answered, “How can the guests of the bridegroom fast while he is with them? They cannot, so long as they have him with them. But the time will come when the bridegroom will be taken from them, and on that day they will fast.
“No one sews a patch of unshrunk cloth on an old garment. Otherwise, the new piece will pull away from the old, making the tear worse. And no one pours new wine into old wineskins. Otherwise, the wine will burst the skins, and both the wine and the wineskins will be ruined. No, they pour new wine into new wineskins.”
Meditation on the Word of God
To have freedom is what we as humans really cherish.
In order to be free, people are prepared to fight and even die for it.
Yet to have absolute freedom is probably just a notion and exists only in the imagination.
Because true freedom lies in obedience, which may seem to be a contradiction of terms.
Jesus is divine and hence He had the absolute freedom to do whatever He wants.
But when He was on earth, He submitted Himself humbly in obedience to His Father.
It was an obedience that even entailed tears and suffering.
Yet it is in obedience that Jesus showed what true freedom is all about.
Because true freedom is found in doing the Father's will.
Whatever ideas we have of freedom we might have, let us look at Jesus our Master who taught us that obedience brings about true freedom.
That might not correspond to our ideas or thinking.
But when we obey and follow what Jesus is teaching us, then we are like new wine in fresh skins.
GOD BLESS YOU
Good morning. Have a nice day.
HAPPY FEAST OF ST. JOSEPH VAZ