READINGS:
1 R : 2 SAM 6 : 12 b - 15, 17 - 19.
Ps 23 : 7, 8, 9, 10 .
Gos : MK 3 : 31- 35.
IN SOCIOLOGY WE SPEAK OF THREE KINDS OF FAMILIES; NAMELY
JOINT FAMILY , NUCLEAR FAMILY AND EXTENDED FAMILY.
READ THE GOSPEL TODAY.
JESUS SPEAKS OF AN UNIVERSAL FAMILY WHICH IS ALL INCLUSIVE AND ALL PERVASIVE.
THE ONLY CONDITION TO BE THE MEMBER OF THAT FAMILY IS :
TO DO THE WILL OF GOD.
ALL THOSE WHO DO THE WILL OF GOD ARE MY BROTHER SISTER AND MOTHER SAYS JESUS TODAY.
THEREFORE A CHRISTIAN IS CONSTANTLY CALLED UPON TO EXTEND THE BOUNDARY OF HIS ' FAMILY '
ALL WHO LIVE ACCORDING TO THE WILL OF GOD SHOULD BE MY 'FAMILY'
IN THE FIRST READING TOO WE HAVE AN APT LESSON:
DAVID, THOUGH HE IS THE KING SINGS AND DANCES LIKE A COMMONER WEARING AN EPHODH .
ONE OF HIS WIFE MICAH TAKES OBJECTION TO IT. AND DAVID ANSWER SUGGESTS THAT BEFORE GOD ALL ARE EQUAL.
DO I COME BEFORE GOD IN HUMILITY OR WITH PRIDE OF MY POSITION , POWER AND STATUS ?
