"You meetings are doing more harm than good." 1 Cor 11:17
Often when a liturgical scriptural reading is from St. Paul’s first
letter to the Corinthians our spirits drift to the passage we have heard so
many times at weddings. Love is patient, kind, does not hold grudges, and we
affirm what we hear, but it hardly reflects the the fullness of what Paul wants
to say to the Corinthians.
In fact, Paul castigates the Corinthians for many of
the their practices, the worst of which was the failure of the more affluent Corinthians to share their pre Eucharist meal with the poorer members of their community. Paul is scandalized by their behavior and lets them
know it.
It can be difficult for adults to hear or accept correction,
even when we need it. Americans can be especially resistive to anyone
suggesting that their lives are less than exemplary, but all of us need
to reflect upon our behavior. At times we can attack the
messenger, a reaction that is both a disservice to someone trying
to help us, and decidedly unchristian.
Today, ask someone to help you reflect on your
unexamined reactions that injure others.
Can you remember a
time that a friend challenged you to change and helped you?
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