Give me another chance

There is a Guyanese proverb, ‘nah every crab hole get crab’ which means things do not always turn out to be what you expect them to be. Human person needs yet another chance to prove the things right. As Christians we believe in the virtue of Hope because it is hope that helps us move forward in life. We might plan for one thing and it might turn out to be other thing. This is the most vulnerable time for the human person because that brief time of dejection can be the springboard to something greater that is in store for us, other hand this brief moment of dejection can lead someone to despair, hence consequences that follow. We makes mistakes in our lives, we make wrong choices in our lives, we go after wrong thing and people but we always get another opportunity to turn right back. It is like the prodigal son, even though he made grave mistake, he become aware of his mistake and turns right back to the father because father was ever welcoming. It is like, Jesus Christ sitting on a stone at the cross road, watching us pass him towards a wrong direction and after some time coming right back to Jesus on the stone because the road that we took must have lead us to danger. 

In our Gospel reading today, parable of the fig tree clearly propose that we need someone to give us yet another chance to grow after a fall-out. The fig tree did not produce any fruit, therefore it was due to be cut because it was taking up the space but fig tree gets one more year with proper manure and care. In the same way, we might have not been producing any fruit by not remaining faithful to God, not remaining faithful to the spouse, not doing the job well, not studying hard in the school, and so on. At this time, we need to look for that person who will support us and give us yet another chance to be good and produce fruit in relationship, studies, job etc. It is important that as Christians we give yet another chance for the person who falls, even by giving our hand to lift the person up. This way, we can be Christians of hope for the hopeless. We give yet another chance as Jesus did with the woman caught in adultery, ‘go and sin no more.’ As parish, we can bring people closer to God especially people who come asking for a chance in the Church. Let us be the pillar of cloud by day for the people who struggle to travel and let us be the pillar of fire by night for the people who live in darkness. 

I would like to extend my thanks to all the people who are involved in helping and supporting the vulnerable people of our society. Thank you for seeing beyond someone’s eyes, smile, tears, life and helping them at the due time. May God bless you always.