Thursday, September 19, 2013 24th Week in Ordinary Time First Reading: 1 Tim 4:12- 16 Gospel Reading: Lk 7:36-50
One of the Pharisees asked Jesus to share his meal, so he went to the Pharisee’s home and as usual reclined on the sofa to eat. And it happened that a woman of this town, who was known as a sinner, heard that he was in the Pharisee’s house. She brought a precious jar of perfume and stood behind him at his feet, weeping. She wet his feet with tears, she dried them with her hair and kissed his feet and poured the perfume on them.
The Pharisee who had invited Jesus was watching and thought, “If this man were a prophet, he would know what sort of person is touching him; isn’t this woman a sinner?”
Then Jesus spoke to the Pharisee and said, “Simon, I have something to ask you.” He answered, “Speak, master.” And Jesus said, “Two people were in debt to the same creditor. One owed him five hundred silver coins, and the other fifty. As they were unable to pay him back, he graciously canceled the debts of both. Now, which of them will love him more?”
Simon answered, “The one, I suppose, who was forgiven more.” And Jesus said, “You are right.” And turning toward the woman, he said to Simon, “Do you see this woman? You gave me no water for my feet when I entered your house, but she has washed my feet with her tears and dried them with her hair. You didn’t welcome me with a kiss, but she has not stopped kissing my feet since she came in. You provided no oil for my head, but she has poured perfume on my feet. This is why, I tell you, her sins, her many sins, are forgiven, because of her great love. But the one who is forgiven little, has little love.”
Then Jesus said to the woman, “Your sins are forgiven.” The others sitting with him at the table began to wonder, “Now this man claims to forgive sins!” But Jesus again spoke to the woman, “Your faith has saved you; go in peace.”
D@iGITAL-EXPERIENCE
(Daily Gospel in the Assimilated Life Experience)
A repentant sinner’s love can siphon into the sinner’s soul the gratuitous forgiveness of God. We see this power at work in the sinful woman’s love for Jesus. As a host Simon was supposed to show warmth to Jesus. But it was she who extended to him the hospitality befitting a guest. In “Time and Again” James Hilton wrote: “If you forgive people enough, you belong to them and they to you, whether either person likes it or not – squatter’s rights of the heart”. Jesus forgave the woman enough. Instantly she acquired a place in Jesus’ heart. She was a great sinner, but she also had so much love to siphon into her soul the gratuitous forgiveness of God- Rev. Fr. Dan Domingo P. delos Angeles, Jr., DM . Email: dan.delosangeles@gmail.com. Website: www.frdan.org.
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