In this short passage from St. Luke (6:1-5), Jesus answers the complaint of the Pharisees that his disciples were breaking the Sabbath by plucking and eating grain on this sacred day with a startling retort which resonates even to us. In essence, Jesus tells them that loving and caring for one another is more important than maintaining a subservient and strict adherence to the Law, for in so doing, one can easily obliterate God's loving care for us, which goes beyond simple observance of rules. And on what authority does Jesus make this statement? He tells them that "The Son of Man is lord of the Sabbath." (Lk 6:5). He is God. He can do it. He lays the foundation for his own conviction for claiming to be God, which later brings him to Calvary, but nevertheless, fearlessly stands up for this truth. The lesson for us is to make God's love and mercy visible in our world by our treatment of one another, and not bury them under the baggage of ritual, theology or the values of society (which corrupt so easily, as we see today). We cannot use rules to limit the love of God.
Bro .Rene
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