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Mother knows best.

The gospel for today is an example of how far a mother's love and concern can go. A mother wants the best for his sons and daughters. A child knows this instinctively that as he grows up he would imbibe the values of his significant other and in the process assume the attitude of the one he/she loves. In short, we love the people who loves us especially our own mothers.
 The mother of James and John has an attitude. She simply wants what she thinks is best for her sons without really taking into consideration the effects of her request to others. She is overly zealous and well-intentioned but for the wrong reasons. This attitude is somehow imbibed by James and John. When one town did not accept Jesus into their midst, they proposed to Jesus to literally bring down the town together with its inhabitants. And because of this they were known to be "Sons of Thunder", in Greek Boanerges. James and John were zealous and well-intentioned but all for the wrong reasons... Like mother like sons.


And so the lesson is, to examine closely our zeal and intentions if they are according to the values of the Gospel. Do we truly love the Lord and His message so as to imbibe an evangelical attitude towards others. In this extraordinary Jubilee year of Mercy, does our hearts beat with the Lord or with the world. There is nothing wrong with being zealous and well-intentioned. What we only need is to do it with the right intention... The holy and good intentions the Lord Jesus has given us. Amen. Reflections on the reading for February 24, 2016 (Wednesday Second Week of Lent)
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