2 Cor 15 - 4:1, 3-6 / Matthew 5:20-26
Most of us have a pair of sunglasses, but we may not always carry it around.
We may put it in the car, or in the bag or somewhere in our desk drawers.
One thing is certain is that we don’t always wear the sunglasses.
Because sunglasses are a form of protective eye-wear designed to prevent bright sunlight and high-energy visible light from causing any injury or irritation to your eyes.
So we only wear it when needed; we don’t wear it always, and certainly not at night.
And we certainly don’t wear sunglasses when we are reading.
So, if we are wearing sunglasses and then say we can’t read something clearly, the problem is not in the print.
The problem is obvious, but if we insist on wearing the sunglasses, then we will just keep putting the blame on something else.
When we read today’s gospel and other challenging passages of the gospels, we may think that the teachings of Jesus is too tough to follow.
But we may need to ask ourselves what is it that is blocking us for understanding the teachings of Jesus.
May Jesus reveal to us what the blockage is, because only we ourselves can willingly remove that blockage.