Hebrews 6:10-20 / Mark 2:23-28
Read the second chapter of Mark’s Gospel and you will find a series of confrontations that Jesus had to deal with very early in His ministry of restoring mankind to its lost dignity. First it was the issue of Him forgiving the paralytic before healing Him. Then they accused Him of eating with tax-collectors and sinners. Yesterday, it was the question of His disciples not fasting, and today, the confrontation is pushed even further. According to the Pharisees, Jesus’ disciples were
breaking the law of the Sabbath by plucking corn and eating on that day, and
the fact that Jesus did not stop them makes Him an accomplice. The good Lord
took His time to prove to them from Scriptures that there was nothing wrong
with what His disciples were doing and that moreover, “The Sabbath was made for
man and not man for the Sabbath”.
I think this can be said as well for all the other
commandments: they were made by God for the good of man and not to enslave him.
They may inconvenience us at times but in the final analysis we will appreciate
how much they were for our own benefit. The other side of the coin is that all
man-made laws must, like the divine laws, also serve the ultimate good of man.
Anyone that does not meet this criterion is not worthy of its name. It is on
this ground that we must condemn such legislations that promote the culture of
death in all its ramifications. Abortion, for example is wrong and no
senatorial declaration can make it right. And in our country, where the social
sins of bribery and corruption are causing more and more damage to the dignity
of the human person, Christians ought to stand out as signs of contradiction to
what the others consider normal.
Have a nice day and God loves you.
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