Become a Blessing to Everyone You Meet.

Homily for Wednesday 23^rd January 2019

_“Is it lawful on the Sabbath to do good or to do harm, to save life or to kill?” *(Mark 3:4)*_ 

When Melchizedek met Abraham, he blessed him and the blessing of Abraham was unequalled in all of history. Melchizedek is the symbol of the ideal priest having no father or mother without beginning or end while Jesus Christ is the perfect realization of everything that Melchizedek represents.

As Abraham was blessed by Melchizedek, Jesus Christ blessed many even those he met on Sabbath days. The Pharisees were in charge of blessing the people but they could not help the man with a withered hand. They forgot their first duty was to lift the people up, instead, they became preoccupied with the external show of keeping rules and regulations.

Jesus Christ criticized the Pharisees not because they kept the rules but because they only pretended to be keeping the rules. They rule-keeping had shifted from the worship of God to the worship of self. They wanted people to respect and honour them as next-to-God for their external shows while their hearts were actually far from God.

Just as these Pharisees forgot their purpose, we Christians tend to forget the true purpose of our calling when we focus too much on keeping we all are called to bless; to the rules at the expense of uplifting the people around us. Jesus asked a question to which no one could provide an answer: “Is it lawful on the Sabbath to do good?”

Being good to others (blessing others) is a universal law. It is a law that is more superior to any other law. Goodness, kindness and mercy are laws that God himself wrote in our hearts. There is no law surpassing the law of kindness. If we fail to be a blessing to all those we meet on a daily basis, our keeping of any other law is in vain. This is the point Jesus wanted the Pharisee to learn.

In truth, there is no law against kindness. This means there is no limit to the amount of good we can do to others. Our true calling is to love. Lift people up; elevate others; bless people, make life better for people.

Let us Pray: Lord Jesus, use me to bless whoever I meet today and always. Amen.

Be Happy. Live Positive. Have Faith. It is well with you. God bless you. (Wednesday of the 2^nd Week in Ordinary Time. Year C. Bible Study: Hebrews 7:1-17, Psalm 110, and Mark 3:1-6).