Cancer is a much dreaded disease, and it is deadly as well.
At times, it is not discovered until it is too late.
Medical science has been able to detect for us the causes of cancer and the symptoms.
But something that is more deadly than cancer are our unchecked and unresolved emotions.
Especially emotions like jealousy and resentment, or anger and bitterness.
When left unchecked and unresolved, these powerful emotions eat away at our relationships in life and distort our understanding of others.
Just like how the unchecked and unresolved emotions of king Saul in the 1st reading developed into an abnormal behaviour that desired to kill David.
We all have emotions, and even experienced powerful emotions like those experienced by king Saul.
But let us also remember that emotions are good servants but bad masters.
Emotions become our servants when they help us to make an honest assessment about ourselves and they can even enrich our prayer life when we bring before the Lord the feelings that are in our heart.
We heard it in the gospel that crowds were following Jesus because they have experienced the healing touch from Him.
It also means that these people have done a prior reflection about their state of life and the destructive emotions that are eating away at them.
May we too make time for prayer so that we can bring to the Lord all that is disturbing us and eating away at us and to experience the healing love of Jesus.
That is another way of saying that we are experiencing salvation.
At times, it is not discovered until it is too late.
Medical science has been able to detect for us the causes of cancer and the symptoms.
But something that is more deadly than cancer are our unchecked and unresolved emotions.
Especially emotions like jealousy and resentment, or anger and bitterness.
When left unchecked and unresolved, these powerful emotions eat away at our relationships in life and distort our understanding of others.
Just like how the unchecked and unresolved emotions of king Saul in the 1st reading developed into an abnormal behaviour that desired to kill David.
We all have emotions, and even experienced powerful emotions like those experienced by king Saul.
But let us also remember that emotions are good servants but bad masters.
Emotions become our servants when they help us to make an honest assessment about ourselves and they can even enrich our prayer life when we bring before the Lord the feelings that are in our heart.
We heard it in the gospel that crowds were following Jesus because they have experienced the healing touch from Him.
It also means that these people have done a prior reflection about their state of life and the destructive emotions that are eating away at them.
May we too make time for prayer so that we can bring to the Lord all that is disturbing us and eating away at us and to experience the healing love of Jesus.
That is another way of saying that we are experiencing salvation.