Fr Conrad Saldanha
Bible: In the meantime,
when so many thousands of the multitudes had gathered together that they trod
upon one another, he began to say to his disciples first, "Beware of the
leaven of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy. 2 Nothing
is covered up that will not be revealed, or hidden that will not be known. 3 Therefore
whatever you have said in the dark shall be heard in the light, and what you
have whispered in private rooms shall be proclaimed upon the housetops.
Luke 12:1-3
Reflection:
Where
are our priorities? Suppose, I have a choice to address a large gathering on
worldly matters or it could be my daily time to share with the family and pray together
the family prayer. Or it could be the organizing of an office gathering over
the family. Or it could be the compulsion of taking an extra job or higher position
and neglecting the family. Or it could be the friends over family situation. All
this could be done with the aim of going for the greater and forgetting or
ignoring the smaller due to selfish ambitions or worldly gain.
The inner circle is more important than the outer
circle of friendship, popularity, wealth and power oriented decisions. Jesus
values the inner circle and thus teaches us a way of life. He could have said; “look,
thousands of multitude and I need to address them first” and thus sidelined his
disciples. But the Gospel tells us that he addressed them first. He did so also
because he believed in what he preached, he knew that what he would reveal to the
inner circle in private will be more powerfully visible to the outer circle,
because “whatever you have said in the dark shall be heard in the light,
and what you have whispered in private rooms shall be proclaimed upon the
housetops.”
Prayer:
Lord,
help me to discern between human and divine priorities and thus arrive at an
action plan which will glorify you.
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