READINGS:
1 R : 1 KGS 3 :4 - 13.
Ps 118 : 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14,
Gos : MK 6 : 30- 34.
LET US TAKE A LESSON EACH FROM EACH READING.
IN THE GOSPEL SEE THE FLEXIBILITY OF JESUS.
ACTUALLY HE WANTED THE APOSTLES TO BE AWAY FORM THE CROWDS FOR A WHILE.
HE ALSO HAD TO REST AND RELAX FOR A WHILE.
BUT WHEN HE SAW THE GREAT CROWD WHO WERE LIKE SHEEP WITHOUT A SHEPHERD HE CHANGED THE ORIGINAL PLAN AND STARTED ADDRESSING THEIR NEED.
HOW MANY TIMES ARE WE CALLED UPON TO CHANGE OUR PROGRAMS AND HELP OUT THE NEEDY ?
DO I LET GO SUCH MOMENTS O BECOME LIKE JESUS THE GOOD SHEPHERD?
DURING THE MARRIAGE INSTRUCTIONS WE REMIND THE WOULD BE WIVES AND HUSBANDS THAT THEY WERE SINGLE TILL NOW MEANT THEY NEED NOT HAVE ADJUSTED AT ALL. BUT ONCE THEY ARE MARRIED SOOOOOOOOOOOOOO MUCH ADJUSTMENT IS EXPECTED OF THEM.
IN THE FIRST READING WE HAVE THE PRAYER OF SOLOMON FOR WISDOM; TO DECIPHER BETWEEN THE RIGHT AND WRONG.
NOTE THE FACT: GOD IS HIGHLY PLEASED AT HIS PRAYER AND ALSO GRANTED HIM PROSPERITY AND WEALTH BESIDES WISDOM. IN FACT SOLOMON IS KNOWN AS THE MOST WISE PERSON.
DO I PRAY RIGHT ?
DO I ASK THINGS WHICH GOD ALONE CAN GRANT ?
FOR EXAMPLE; IF THE STUDENT ASKS GOD THAT HE/ SHE SHOULD PASS IN EXAM, DOES GOD WRITE THE EXAM ?
THE STUDENT SHOULD ASK RATHER THAT GOD SHOULD ENLIVEN ONE'S MEMORY AND RELATED INTELLECTUAL FACULTIES.
SIMILAR EXAMPLES CAN BE THOUGHT OF.
