October 6, 2024 Twenty-seventh Sunday in Ordinary Time
Daily Readings: Genesis 2:18-24; Hebrews 2:9-11; Mark 10:2-16 or 10:2-12
The readings today speak of divorce among others so it is tempting to say that those unmarried are not covered in today’s readings. But while the readings talk about God’s disapproval and prohibition of divorce, the readings also remind us to submit to the law of God, not when we like it or when it is convenient but out of love and obedience to Him.
The first reading highlights that it was out of the hardness of hearts of men that the law of God had been tweaked by Moses. In truth, however, whatever God has commanded from the very start remains true until today. What is good will always be good and what is evil remains evil no matter how we redefine or repackage it.
The readings tell us to be faithful no matter what the circumstances, no matter the inconveniences and no matter the opposition of the world. We are being strongly reminded that as Christians, we do not and should not live our life according to what suits our ego or what is convenient to us but always like children, obedient to and dependent on the will of the parents.
The moment we think of ourselves as masters of our own lives, we become insistent on what we want and justify our actions as right and necessary. We create laws according to what suit our needs. We create laws to justify our crookedness. We promote our self-interests in the name of freedom of choice, inclusivity and call of the times.
So, what happens? We have laws that protect self-interests but destroy others. We have laws that are inclusive of a few but exclude those who are not accepting of our crooked idea. We have laws that protect individuals but destroy humanity.
Call to Action for Catholic Living: There’s a big difference between obeying Divine Law and human law. Divine Law saves the soul. Human law protects vested interests that destroy the soul.
May the Lord bless us all the days of our lives that we may see the light in obeying God rather than man.
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