Exodus 11:10 - 12:14 / Matthew 12:1-8
We may remember that when we were in school, there was this person or group of people who would tell the teacher everything that is happening in class, whether it was factual or otherwise, although it was more like otherwise.
What happened in school is also what we see happening in the working world. There are people who just like to tell on others and we know who they are. And of course there are those who snoop on others.
Whatever it may be, we must realize that there is this human tendency in us to zero in on the faults of others and tell on others.
Somehow we focus more on the wrongs of others and we find a strange delight in gossiping about them.
In the gospel, we see that tendency emerging as the Pharisees noticed the wrong that the disciples did and voiced their displeasure about it to Jesus.
But before we start to criticize what is wrong and bad in others, can we first see the good that is in them?
Or are we like Pharaoh in the first reading, who despite seeing the wonders worked by Moses and Aaron, yet remained stubborn of heart.
After all we must also remember, what we criticize now, we will become later.
Yet we must remember that Jesus is our Master and Lord of mercy.
May we see the light of His mercy and love and make it bright for ourselves and for others.