15Th JUNE. MONDAY IN THE 11Th WEEK

READINGS

1.2Corinthians 6:1-10

2.Gospel: Matthew 5:38-42

MEDITATIONS AND REFLECTIONS

In the gospel Jesus calls his disciples not to repay evil with evil, but to respond evil with goodness. The worst instinct in human being is to respond in an evil way to goodness. The best instinct of human nature is to overcome evil with good, this can be termed as divine instinct, and this was the very way of Jesus. He does something unexpected. He transforms the law of mercy with grace, forbearance and loving kindness. It is a call to each one of us that we must pray and wish well even to those who seem to be our rivals. He overcame the evil that was done to him with good. For instance when he was violently rejected he revealed his love most fully, he became faithful in the face of unfaithfulness. We too are invited to become peace makers in the face of violence done to us. We cannot accomplish this obligation with our own strengths; rather we need a spirit of God to guide us. In the first reading Paul is calling on us not to neglect the grace of God we have received. As Christians we make difference from the rest of denominations by treating others not as they deserve, but as God wishes them to be treated with Loving kindness and mercy. Once we think and meditate upon the cross of Christ, thus we become freed from tyranny of malice, revenge and resentment and thus have a courage to repay good for evil, and that is what we call the justice of God.