MAKA TURN-OFF!
When I studied in college, I met a beautiful
girl and make friends with her. I like this girl because she Is beautiful. One
day, I decided to go to her house. When I entered the house I notice that the
house is dirty, rugs are everywhere, used clothing are anywhere in the house
and the kitchen is so dirty. Nakaingon ko sa akong kaugalingon: “maka turn-off!”
Most of the time, boys does not clean the
house and that is true but boys like clean house. It is very relative if the
girls clean the house because as our cultures speaks its women’s work. Kaya ang
mga lalaki madaling ma turn-off pag ang babae ay hindi marunong maglinis.
Greetings!
Our gospel today, speaks of the Pharisees
and the scribes who questioned Jesus about his disciples who eat without washing
their hands. However, Jesus defended his disciples by explaining to them what
defiles a person. "Hear me, all of you, and understand.
Nothing that enters one from outside can
defile that person;
but the things that come out from within
are what defile.” Jesus is referring about their works, action and what they do
to other people, and for Jesus, this is what makes people unclean.
The scribes and the Pharisees are very
strict in observing the law and by strictly observing the law many people were
deprived. That is why Jesus is trying to explain to them that what make people unclean
are the injustices that they do to other people.
If we look at our society today, many
people are acting like the scribes and the Pharisees. Magandang tingnan sa
labas ngunit a loob ay marumi. Like this story that I heard:
AMO:
Inday! Nabutangan na ba nimo ug tubig ang suka nga atong baligya?
INDAY: OO, ma’am humana!
AMO: Ang toyo nabutangan na?
INDAY; Humana pod ma’am.
AMO: ali na diri magrosaryo nata!
Naku! Makakaturn-off ka nanay!
Mga kapatid pag tayo ay madaling maturn-off
sa mga taong hindi mabuti sana ay linisin natin ang ating sarili para hindi
naman sila maturn-off. God wants us to be always clean because he created us to
be clean. Since from the very beginning of time, we are created by God as pure,
clean and Holy. When we were at the womb of our mother God already form us in
order to live in purity. However, when we grow old, we started to live in
impurity and we start to defile ourselves.
"From within people, from their
hearts,
come evil thoughts, unchastity, theft,
murder,
adultery, greed, malice, deceit,
Licentiousness, envy, blasphemy,
arrogance, folly.
All these evils come from within and
they defile."
Today my dear friends, we are challenge
by God to go back to what we are supposed to be when we were created, that is
pure, holy and clean. Sana ito ay ating gagawin para naman hindi ma turn-off
ang Dios sa atin at hindi niya tayo tatawaging hypocrite.
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