23rd Week, Ordinary Time, Fri, 11.09.09

1Tim 1:1-2, 12-14

Lk 6:39-42

To be able to read a book from cover to cover, or watch a movie from beginning to end, does not necessarily mean that we know what the book is saying or the meaning of the movie.

Similarly in life, we see and hear a lot of things, but it does not mean that we understand everything.

In the first reading, St Paul admitted sincerely that he used to a blasphemer and prosecuted Christians.

But he was awakened and enlightened from his ignorance by the mercy of God.

Indeed, it is only through the mercy of God that we can understand what life is all about, and be enlightened to live a life of love.

Indeed, it is through the mercy of God that we will see first our own ignorance and the splinters in our own eyes.

Only when we first understand ourselves and see ourselves clearly then we will be able to understand others and see them for who they are.

Once I saw a poster of a blind-folded boy trying to catch others in a game of catching.

The caption read: Playing blind is funny for those who can see.

For us, life and love is not a game. Playing blind is not going to be funny.

May the mercy of God helps us to see.