Col 1:24–2:3;Ps 62:6-7, 9; Lk 6:6-11
In the Gospel of Luke, from today's mass it states,
Then Jesus said to them,
“I ask you, is it lawful to do good on the sabbath rather than to do
evil,to save life rather than to destroy it?
”Looking around at them all,
he then said to him,“Stretch out your hand.
”He did so and his hand was restored.
But they became enraged and
discussed together what they might do to Jesus.
Why did the scribes and pharisee's become enraged? Was it because they lost control of the situation? Was it because he possibly violated the Jewish law of no work on Sunday? Was it possible that they were upstaged by the Son of God? I think it was all of these things. Jesus had by this point become a huge threat to their posh and comfortable way of life. He was ruining their plans.
Do we get mad when someone else is blessed and stands out upstaging us? I think that we all need to grow more comfortable in being the pawn of Christ. What do I mean? I mean that each and everyone of us have different gifts and talents. These gifts and talents will be used by God at different times for different purposes. When someone else is in the highlight and doing the work of God we cannot let Pride, Jealousy and Envy come into our thinking and cause us to strike out like the scribes and pharisees. In reality we should thank God for the work He is doing through the other person and assist that person in their ministry so that the light can shine even brighter on the Kingdom of God! Let us be like the crippled man who was healed in the Gospel, quiet and appreciative for God's healing touch and let us go out as his hands to reach out to the world.
