THE WORD
1 Cor 10,11.14-22 / Lk 6:43-49
Jesus said to his disciples, “A good tree does not bear rotten fruit, nor does a rotten tree bear good fruit. For every tree is known by its own fruit. For people do not pick figs from thornbushes, nor do they gather grapes from brambles. A good person out of the store of goodness in his heart produces good, but an evil person out of a store of evil produces evil; for from the fullness of the heart the mouth speaks.
“Why do you call me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ but not do what I command? I will show you what someone is like who comes to me, listens to my words, and acts on them. That one is like a person building a house, who dug deeply and laid the foundation on rock; when the flood came, the river burst against that house but could not shake it because it had been well built. But the one who listens and does not act is like a person who built a house on the ground without a foundation. When the river burst against it, it collapsed at once and was completely destroyed.”
IN OTHER WORDS
Dr. Smiley Blanton, relates Fr. Mark Link in his Daily Homilies, shares the story of a patient who saw a Bible on his desk. “Do you – a psychiatrist – read the Bible? the patient asked. `I not only read it, `I told him, `I study it. It’s the greatest textbook on human behavior ever put together. If people would just absorb its message, a lot of us psychiatrists could close our offi ces and go shing.” (Reader’s Digest, August 1996)
Dr. Blanton continues, “If only patients put into practice and live the message of the Parable of the Prodigal Son, they could be healed overnight. Dr. Smiley Blanton concludes: “God`s loving forgiveness is infinitely greater than any mistake we can make.” May our Lord help us not only to commit to mind and take to heart but more so to put into action His message of forgiveness and love.
- Fr. Fred Mislang, SVD | VCR, CKMS-Quezon City
The Word in other words 2016
An annual project of Logos Publications, The WORD in Other Words Bible Diary contains daily scripture readings and reflections written by priest, brothers, and sisters of the three congregations founded by St. Arnold Janssen (the SVD, SSpS, and SSpSAP). It hopes to serve as a daily companion to readers who continually seek the correlation of the Word of God and human experience.
