1 Cor 15:1-11 / Luke 7:36-50
The hearing faculty is indeed a very important aspect in life and more so in the area of learning.
It can be said that sounds and speech are our first encounters with the world around us, and we assimilate what we hear around us and we learn from it.
As much as the visual can tell a thousand words, yet the audio will give a deeper meaning as well as define those words.
In the 1st reading, St. Paul emphasized the importance of the spoken word of the Good News that he had preached to the Corinthians.
He reminded them to believe in exactly what he had preached to them, which was the same message as what the other apostles had preached.
To listen to something else and even believing in it will certainly lead to trouble and confusion.
Even in the gospel, Simon the Pharisee had a corrupted understand of sinners and the truth about forgiveness.
And from the parable that Jesus told, Simon the Pharisee had to admit that forgiveness was much wider than he thought.
May we listen attentively and reflect deeply on the words of forgiveness of Jesus.
May we learn from it, experience it in prayer and practice it in our lives.