1 Cor 6:1-11 / Luke 6:12-19
To commit a wrong is easy. The wrong-doer does not bother about the consequences of the damage. To say the least, the wrong-doer is irresponsible.
And that is where those who are responsible enough must be prepared to embark on the task of damage-control and to repair the consequences of the wrong.
The work of repairing the damage and even trying to correct the wrong-doer is truly a time-consuming and energy-draining task as well as a thankless task, and not many people would be willing to offer themselves for that kind of work.
But if responsible people are not willing to embark on the work of repairing a wrong-doing, then those irresponsible people will just continue to do wrong and there will be no one to stop them.
In the 1st reading, St. Paul chided the Christian community at Corinth for bringing their internal disputes before the civil law courts.
And he asked if there was really not one reliable man among them to settle those differences. If that was the case then they ought to be shameful, because as Christians, there was not one reliable and responsible man who would want to take on the task of settling differences within the community.
In the gospel, Jesus called His 12 apostles and then almost immediately as they came down, they were met with a great crowd who wanted to hear the Good News and to be cured of their diseases.
The mission of proclaiming the Good News and curing the sick is urgent and it calls for people who are reliable and responsible to take on this task.
Because for all the wrongs and the sins that are committed in this world, there must be people who are reliable and responsible in correcting the wrong and repairing the damage.
The Lord is calling us to that mission. And we as Christians need to show the world how to respond to that call from the Lord