Sunday, October 7, 2012

27th Week, Ordinary Time, Monday, 08-10-12

Galatians 1:6-12 / Luke 10:25-37

So very often we hear of this word "miscommunication". And that word kicks in whenever something is  not done or done wrongly.

Miscommunication essentially means a lack of clear or adequate communication. The problem may lie in the words being used or maybe a mistake somewhere in the line of communication.

Yet miscommunication do not happen by intention. It is just that something is spoken wrongly, or written wrongly, or heard wrongly. We may call miscommunication an honest mistake.

In the 1st reading, St. Paul emphasized that what he preached was the Good News of Christ. And there cannot be more than one version of the Good News.

He warned that if anyone preached another version of the Good News, then that person is to be condemned.

Because that is not miscommunication. That is distortion and even deception. That kind of distortion and deception of the Good News is certainly aimed at what people would like to hear. It would certainly win people's approval.

What St. Paul is saying is that in preaching the Good News, one must not look for the approval of man but rather the approval from God.

Similarly living out the Good News and keeping the Commandments of God is not justifying ourselves or chalking up points with God.

Rather it is about loving God and showing that love to our neighbour in thought, word and deed.

Anything else would be a distortion and even a deception.