Wednesday, September 20, 2017

Jesus Look at Us....As He looked at St. Mathew!!!!!


 As human beings we look at each other when we meet. We meet people in various places and we curiously look at each other if we meet for the first time. We appreciate each other for beauty, for the person and for many reasons. There are people who love to look at others and thank the Lord for the gift of them. Just look around and we have millions of people we need our look of compassion, love and appreciation. There are so many in the families we need our look of understanding and acceptance. Unfortunately, we do look but for negative reasons. We look at others to find fault and not to appreciate for what they are. There are those who look at others to put them down by pointing at their defects and weaknesses. But we need to look at others so that they could feel our love and compassion. There are those who have been changed and converted with the compassionate and understanding look of the others.
 Jesus always looked at people and gave then an opportunity to change and come back to the Lord. He looked at their hearts and invited them to change. He did not look at their characters but once he looked at them their characters got transformed. His eyes were searching and looking for people whom he could offer love and compassion. He looked at them and got into conversation with them. Today, we celebrate the Feast of St. Mathew……who was a tax collector…Jesus looked at him…He left everything and followed Jesus with hope of change and conversion…The look of Jesus led Mathew to reflect on his present condition as person and had the opportunity to live better life. He offered himself for the service of the kingdom of God. St. Mathew must have prayed like the psalmist who said:  “Search me, O God, and know my heart; Try me and know my anxious thoughts;And see if there be any hurtful way in me, And lead me in the everlasting way”.(Psalm 139:23-24)



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