A reading from the holy Gospel according to Luke 14:1-6
On one occasion when Jesus was going to the house of a leader of the Pharisees to eat a meal on the sabbath, they were watching him closely. Just then, in front of him, there was a man who had dropsy. And Jesus asked the lawyers and Pharisees, “Is it lawful to cure people on the sabbath, or not?” But they were silent. So Jesus took him and healed him, and sent him away.
Then he said to them, “If one of you has a child or an ox that has fallen into a well, will you not immediately pull it out on a sabbath day?” And they could not reply to this.
The Gospel of the Lord
Reflection:
For Jesus, the redemption of a person is more important than anything else. He taught the Pharisee to see what is essential, to see what gives life. Jesus is not against the Sabbath, but the Sabbath is, for him, an occasion of healing.