May the Lord give you peace and health in the Holy Spirit.
It is 22nd June 2021.
We reflect from Genesis 13:2, 5-18 and the Gospel from Matthew 7:26, 12-14.
We celebrate the memorials of St Paulinus of Nola, bishop, and Thomas More, martyr.
We are filled to the brim when we offer the best portions to the others. But we want the best of all portions in our life. Family ties and unity is greater than wealth, property and all the blessings under the Sun.
We have a lesson to imbibe in our life from Abram who treated his nephew Lot. Abram was able to give up the best portion to Lot for the sake of unity, and peace of the family. God blessed Abram with more than what he let go.
“In everything do to others as you would have them do to you.” (Mt.7:12).
Empathizing with others in all situations is the rule of happiness. Empathizing is the narrow path. Allowing others to have all that we wish to get in our life is the secret of peace and prosperity. Making the path easy for others by our strenuous journey in taking the narrow roads in our life will make us achieve the golden rule Jesus offers in the Gospel. The way we wish to be treated, loved, forgiven, looked after, cared by other is the way we need to treat, love, forgive, care for the others. As St. Paul teaches us, “not looking to your own interests but each of you to the interests of the others.” (Phi. 2:4)
Let our thoughts and charity be lenient and lax than our crooked and narrow-minded actions.
May the Lord continue to bless to you in order that we grow in right relationship over everything.