Sermon Thoughts – 26th Sunday in Ordinary Time – B (Mk 9, 38-43.47-48)

The readings of this Sunday have a common nature even the contexts and persons are different. It is all about to be tolerant in our life; be open and acceptable to others’ goodness. More over it instructs us to deal not in the human temperament and according to human judgements, but to see and realize everything in the Divine Wisdom. When we reconstruct the first reading again, we will see here a very considering and tolerant Person in Moses. We should not forget that Moses is well known for his short temper and angry. This caused his flight from Pharaoh: this anger against Yahweh caused him even the Promised Land. To the normal behaviour, Moses had to be angry against the two men who remained in the tent. more...