Sunday, October 30, 2022
Bible Reflections I 31.10.2022 - MONDAY I INDRAYA MANNA I
Readings
I - Phil. 2: 1-4
II - Lk. 14: 12-14
DARE TO BEFRIEND THE LESS FORTUNATE
Today’s Gospel passage is a refutation against inviting type of people for any dinner and banquet. It is quite natural to invite friends, relatives, neighbours, kith and kin who can fit into the ‘status quo’ maintained in the society. But Jesus exhorts to invite those people who would be unable to pay back viz. the poor, the crippled, the lame and the blind. In short, Jesus encourages us to imbibe an attitude that sans a selfish one. These people who welcome the little and the small become ‘blessed’ and great in the sight of God.
We have seen in our own family people noting down the gifts offered by the guests during wedding, birthdays, ceremonies and other functions in order to repay them on similar occasions for which they invite us. These gifts and presents are also called as an ‘interest free debts’. We are least bothered to invite the list of people mentioned by Jesus in the Gospel passage caring for our fame and family. As Christians, dare to befriend and invite those people who seem to be helpless, poor and less fortunate, as did Jesus our Master and thereby witnessing to our Christian credibility. Let our mind and heart resonate with the prayer: “Lord Jesus, give me the courage to swim against the current”
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