conflict is given

Jesus said to his disciples: “I have come to set the earth on fire, and how I wish it were already blazing! There is a baptism with which I must be baptized, and how great is my anguish until it is accomplished!

“Do you think that I have come to establish peace on earth? No, I tell you, but rather division. From now on a household of five will be divided, three against two and two against three; a father will be divided against his son and a son against his father, a mother against her daughter and a daughter against her mother, a mother-in-law against her daughter-in-law and a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law.

 Luke 12:49-53

. The Homily yesterday revolved around these passages. Conflict is given…and so the priest stressed. Disagreement will arise in our everyday lives because we are human beings different from each other. And, often times our individuality is what stirs the indifference. It is because we fail to come to an understanding that each one of us is different from another and one cannot be what one wants them to be. It is humbling to note that even though conflict is given, it is God’s way of reminding us that we are just humans and we can never be perfect. We are bound to commit sins because if not we will be greater than Jesus who does not sin. The priest add that during moments of disparity, we just have to ask ourselves, are we just reacting too much about what others had to say or are we just inconsiderate of what they feel. We have just to remember that some times people tend to be unpleasant and nasty because they might be in anguish and if we will only care to know, we would have  shown some compassion. I was just half-way finishing this article when Crissy and I had our own petty quarrel. Petty of course, because if it’s with someone you love, you just throw it out of the window. But, I have to admit that I can only tolerate pain and not so kind words if it comes from him. Otherwise it would take really some time before I can get over a foul word or action hurled to me by some one else. So, that’s it. When couples who love each other have the usual clash, what more about people, who have no relationship at all. We were all bestowed the freedom to be what we are and much more that we lived in a democratic country, the freedom of speech. In his book, the priest said it is because of God’s love that we were given such freedom. He could have created us like robots who won’t be hurt, who won’t make wrong  choices and therefore spared from pain, but then, He gave us freedom because it’s only thorough it we can achieve happiness. But then again, don’t let that freedom be an excuse for us to do things which may hurt other people in the process. We are all created equal and whatever pain you may, feel when some one does badly to you, will bring the same pain if we treat others bad. If we can spend time implicating pain on some else, why can’t we just think of making them happy.  The priest ended his homily with his favorite phrase i think....

3sha

"When someone pushes us at the edge of the cliff, it’s either He would catch us when we fall or He will give us wings to fly."