Posted by The WORD in other words (2023) by Fr Atilano Corcuera SVD – Divine Word Seminary Tagaytay City
27th Sunday in Ordinary Time – A
At times, being human means being anxious and worried about the present and the future. What will happen when I change my work or when I am transferred? What shall I do to escape Covid 19? To be human, we cannot avoid being riddled with anxieties.
However, we are more than human; we are different from animals. We are also called to transcend our humanity because each has a soul; we are immortal.
For this reason, St. Paul, in today’s reading, advises us to “Dismiss all anxiety…” He urges us to pray full of gratitude. Prayer and being grateful banish anxieties and bring us God’s peace.
Being human at other times means being angry when rejected, not noticed, criticized, and not being counted. To strike back when unjustly provoked or treated. To react in a passive-aggressive way when even a slight confrontation occurs. These are times when the animal traits in us surface.
But again, we are human and destined to go beyond. For this reason, St. Paul declares, “Your thoughts should be wholly directed to all that is true…honest, pure, admirable, decent, virtuous, as worthy of praise.”
“Then will the God of peace be with you.”
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