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Monday Morning Reflection on Compassion and the Sabbath · Oct 26, 2026
I reflect on the liturgical calendar, noting that the Philippines celebrates the longest Christmas season and that Advent is approaching. The discussion centers on a scriptural passage from St. Luke regarding Jesus healing a crippled woman in a synagogue on the Sabbath. In this teaching, Jesus uses rabbinic legal reasoning to challenge religious leaders' strict legalism, which objected to performing medical work on the Sabbath. By comparing the compassionate treatment of suffering humans to the care given to animals, Jesus exposes hypocrisy and silences his critics. Ultimately, I urge…
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