1 Cor 5:1-8 / Luke 6:6-11
The term "common sense" may look like self-explanatory and it is the basis of all thinking and reasoning.
But
when things get too muddled up and the thinking and reasoning becomes
unclear, then we use another principle and that is "go back to basics".
In
the gospel, the scribes and Pharisees have devised a set of rules and
regulations about the Sabbath and the Law that it had become so complex
and confusing.
And they were watching Jesus to see where He would step out of line.
Yet Jesus took the situation and appealed to common sense by going back to basics.
So He asked the question: is it against the Law on the Sabbath to do good, or to do evil; to save life or to destroy it?
If
the gospel passage showed how people can lose their common sense, then
the 1st reading showed how even Christians can deteriorate into immoral
and shameless creatures.
St. Paul warned that even a small amount of yeast is enough to leaven all the dough.
Yes, even a small sin is enough to make us lose our common sense and make us behave worse than animals.
Let us go back to basics and go back to Christ, our bread of life, who empowers us with sincerity and truth.
Then, everyday, we will be able to do good and give life to others.