A man once saw an injured bird on the ground, and it was unable to fly.
He picked it up and put it in a bird cage and cared for it. It was a beautiful bird.
His friend came along and admired it and he congratulated his friend for finding such a beautiful pet.
But the man said to his friend, “When it is well again, I will take it out of the cage.”
His friend exclaimed, “But it will fly away!” To which the man replied, “Well, that is the point.”
So, what is the point? The point is that everyone is given the freedom to fulfill his destiny.
When we want to hold on to a person, it is usually with a vested interest and a selfish intention.
In the gospel, the people wanted to prevent Jesus from leaving, but Jesus knew what His mission and destiny is.
In the 1st reading, we heard of people who were holding on to their preferred personalities like Paul and Apollo, and they forgot that they themselves have their own mission and destiny to fulfill.
May God grant us spiritual wings so that we will fly towards Him and find our mission and fulfill our destiny.