October 23, 2018
Tuesday of the 29th Week in the Ordinary Time
Eph 2: 12-22
Jesus said to his disciples:
“Gird your loins and light your lamps
and be like servants who await their master’s return from a wedding,
ready to open immediately when he comes and knocks.
Blessed are those servants
whom the master finds vigilant on his arrival.
Amen, I say to you, he will gird himself,
have them recline at table, and proceed to wait on them.
And should he come in the second or third watch
and find them prepared in this way,
blessed are those servants.”
Habit of Doing Good
We all do some good deeds once in a while. There are also some people who do good deeds most of the times. There are also people who do good deeds always. It is not easy to do good deed even at times. It is very difficult to do good deeds most of the times. It is too difficult and demanding to do good deeds always.
What Jesus suggests is we have to make it a habit that we do good always. We know the tree falls to the side to which it is slanting. Unless and until a big wind or storm pushes it to the other side it will fall to the side to which it was inclining. If it is our habit to do good, then we can expect that we will continue to do so till the end of our life. This will help us not only in this world but also in the world to come. Unless and until we live a life of doing good always in this world we cannot expect a better one in the next world.
With the parable of watchful servant Jesus tells to be on the look out to do good so that we may experience peace and happiness all through our lives.
Fr. Paulson Muthipeedika CMI
