Genesis 37:3-4, 12-13, 17-28 / Matthew 21:33-43, 45-46
One of the most difficult questions to answer is the question of taking lives, or plainly putting it, the question of killing.
So, what makes a person take another person’s life?
What makes a person kill another person?
It is a very difficult question to answer.
At most, it can be said that something in the human nature just snapped, and then something inhuman erupted.
In the 1st reading, the brothers of Joseph wanted to kill him.
Their jealousy was so intense that it erupted into an intention to kill their own brother.
In the gospel parable, there is also killing – the servants were killed, and even the landowner’s son was killed.
Even though it is a parable, yet it reveals the darkest side of humanity.
But, on the other hand, when we look at the Cross, we see Jesus crucified and died for us.
Actually, He was killed, but in His death, Jesus saved us.
Jesus has already shed His blood for us and died to save us.
Let us not shed any more blood, literally or figuratively.
On the Cross, Jesus taught us this great truth of life.
In the face of inhuman acts, the response is love.
Only with love, will killing and shedding of blood be stopped.