Galatians 1:6-12 / Luke 10:25-37
So very often we hear of this word "miscommunication". And that word kicks in whenever something is not done or done wrongly.
Miscommunication
essentially means a lack of clear or adequate communication. The
problem may lie in the words being used or maybe a mistake somewhere in
the line of communication.
Yet
miscommunication do not happen by intention. It is just that something
is spoken wrongly, or written wrongly, or heard wrongly. We may call
miscommunication an honest mistake.
In the 1st
reading, St. Paul emphasized that what he preached was the Good News of
Christ. And there cannot be more than one version of the Good News.
He warned that if anyone preached another version of the Good News, then that person is to be condemned.
Because
that is not miscommunication. That is distortion and even deception.
That kind of distortion and deception of the Good News is certainly
aimed at what people would like to hear. It would certainly win people's
approval.
What St.
Paul is saying is that in preaching the Good News, one must not look for
the approval of man but rather the approval from God.
Similarly
living out the Good News and keeping the Commandments of God is not
justifying ourselves or chalking up points with God.
Rather it is about loving God and showing that love to our neighbour in thought, word and deed.
Anything else would be a distortion and even a deception.