Love

                                                                                              Fr. Conrad Saldanha

Scripture:  Woe to you! for you build the tombs of the prophets whom your fathers killed. Luke 11:47

  

Reflection: Let’s have a definition for love and I am sure that Jesus will fall short of our human understanding of love. Which means, in spite of knowing so much about him and his love, we could still be crucifying him once again in our midst.

We look at love as being kind, gentle with the aim of pleasing people. Be nice to everyone, which means, to please everyone. To be non-judgmental, means to absolve oneself of the responsibility to correct those who are under their care. A form of love deprived of truth, including the truth of a moral obligation.

‘Woe’ could be a curse or a way of telling the Pharisees that they better change or their future is going to be worse; an outreach of love to change the other even if it means misunderstanding, rejection and crucifixion.

Prayer: Lord, teach me to love just the way you love us.

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