Jesus here teaches us
that reconciliation, peace and harmony among ourselves is more
important than offering material sacrifices in the temple. If we
take the initiative to make peace with our hostile brother, our
offering will be more acceptable to God.
�George Kaitholil
Charity
While actions are
always to be judged by the immutable standard of right and
wrong, the judgment we pass upon men must be qualified by
considerations of age, country, situation, and other incidental
circumstances; and it will then be found, that he who is most
charitable in his judgment, is generally the least unjust.
�Robert Southey
Single Aim
In studying the
wisdom of the sages it is imperative to have one definite
aim�that of becoming a true man. The ancients said that he who
could will, could always accomplish, and that determination was
half the battle. Once we have a definite aim, we become as
bowmen with arrows trained on the target, or as travellers
already moving toward their destination. In formulating our
aims, let us be courageous rather than timid, and seek the truth
even as the hungry man seeks food, the thirsty water, allowing
nothing to hinder us as we press on toward the goal. Then let
him who ventures in the quest for true wisdom be single-minded,
with the concentration of a sitting hen or of a cat watching her
prey. �Kaibara
Ekken
