Posted by The WORD in other words by Fr. Jun Rebayla, SVD – University of San Carlos – Cebu City
Monday 12th Week in Ordinary Time
One Sunday morning, the priest delivered his homily about sins. While delivering his homily, he saw a lady sitting in the front pew of the church who was so busy texting in her mobile phone. He was disturb by her act and wanted to reprimand her.
Right away, he added the following statement in his homily: “My dear brothers and sisters, it is also sinful to be texting while the mass is going on. We must not disturb others who are in deep prayer. Before entering the church, we must turn off all our mobile phones or maybe put them into silent mode.”
After saying this, his own mobile phone rang and its sound was picked up by the highly sensitive microphone that the whole congregation heard it and started smiling at him. He felt embarrassed but he kept his composure and s aid: “Excuse me for a while, I have an urgent message from the Lord.”
Today’s gospel reminds us not to judge others as we will also be judged by the same measure we use in judging others. Humans as we are, we always see the defects of others but fail to see our own. It is maybe because our eyes are designed to look at the things outside of ourselves.
Is this design a factory defect? No, it is not because the purpose of our eyes is to see ourselves in others. What we see in others should lead us to a deeper reflection of our own respective lives instead of judging them.
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