If
you are put in a situation where you have to choose God's law or family
law, which would you choose? For some of us, keeping the family united
is important and we would not want to offend our elders, due to "filial
piety."
However, there are times where choosing God's law would
cause friction in our family, especially if there are certain members
in our family who are not Catholic. If
we choose to obey our family in this situation, we may be committing
sin. If you are faced with such a situation, how would you respond?
In today's Gospel, Jesus tells us: "Do you suppose that I am here to
bring peace on earth? No, I tell you, but rather division." What does
this mean? It means, there are times we may have to choose between doing
what is right in eyes of God, or doing what pleases our elders. Many
sins have been committed in keeping the family honour, and as Catholics,
we would certainly be put in a difficult and possibly dangerous
situation. Would we be brave and wise enough to do make the right
choice?
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