Be Perfect (Mt:38-48)
Introduction
- Is there a word “impossible” in the dictionary of God?
- “Impossible” is an impossibility in the dictionary of God. But today Jesus shows us that there are some things impossible to God. For example it is impossible to God not love His creature. It is impossible to God not to forgive a repentant sinner.
- These impossibilities may be called as the “weakness of God” - weakness to love and forgive.
Content
- Let us look at the two impossibilities / weakness of God.
- It is impossible for him not to love his creatures especially the human being.
o Gives rain to just and unjust
o Gives sunshine to good and bad
o Out of Love he gave His only son
o Even though we are sinners he comes in the form of Eucharist in to our hearts.
o Even if we go away from him, he comes behind searching us. He cannot forsake his creatures.
o Even those who do the corruption get the blessings of God.
- It is impossible for him to avoid a repentant sinner.
o The example of prodigal son
o The good thief on the right side of the cross
- Jesus ends today’s gospel with these words – “be perfect as your heavenly father is perfect”. He gives all his believers a call to be perfect – or – to have the same weakness of heavenly Father.
Conclusion
- Is it possible to walk towards perfection in love and forgiveness? Yes, it is possible.
- Love as God loves
o We often love with conditions – if you are a good wife I will be a good husband.
o We often love with selfishness – what will get back if I love him/her?
o Can we love others since they are the gift of God for me? – Husband has to love his wife only because she is a gift of God for him.
- Forgive as God forgives
o Story of bomb blast in front of De La Salle University on Sept 26 – so many students got injured - a girl who lost her legs in the blast told in an interview – I forgive the people who is the cause for losing my legs.
o Jesus forgave on the cross. By saying that the centurion cried out, “he is truly son of God”.
o Forgive is the most powerful weapon to destroy the enemies permanently.
- Eucharist is the sacrament of Love and Forgiveness.
- Let us be perfect as our Heavenly Father is perfect by practicing Love and Forgiveness.
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