1 Cor 6:1-11 / Luke 6:12-19
Whenever there
is a wrong that is done unto us, we will be thinking of ways of how to
avenge ourselves and get even with the other party.
We might think of taking revenge and exact a punishment on the other party.
The options can be anything from embarking on a legal suit to some ugly tactics to cause the other person physical harm.
The 1st reading talks of a case, maybe just one out of many, in the Christian community in Corinth.
To resolve the case, it was brought to the civil law courts and left to their judgment.
But
St. Paul criticized such an option and said that they should be ashamed
that matters within the community should be brought up before the civil
law courts.
To make matters worse, it was the members within the community who were wronging and cheating each other.
They simply forgot that they had been washed clean and sanctified and justified in Jesus through baptism.
They
forgot that they were chosen by God to be His people and to be His
instruments of holiness and forgiveness, of mercy and compassion.
Just as Jesus chose His twelve apostles, we are also chosen to be His own.
Let us always remember our Christian calling, so that we can be sent out to bring about forgiveness and healing.