The challenges from Jesus' "Sermon on the Plain" continue today. Each one of us has to ask ourselves the question: am I a blind guide? do I notice the log in my own eye? do I bear good fruit in my life? We need to remember that the gospels were written for communities of believers sometimes decades after the actual words of Jesus were spoken. The Gospel was not for its time only: "All scripture is inspired by God and is useful for teaching, for reproof, for correction and training in righteousness, so that everyone who belongs to God may be proficient, equipped for every good work." (2 Tim 3: 16-17) Let us listen to the Gospel without fear. As disciples to receive correction we know ourselves to be loved by the Master. We are missionary disciples for the whole of life and we should never regard ourselves as having "made it." It is sufficient that we can attain to being a little more like our teacher everyday: "A disciple is not above the teacher, but everyone who is fully qualified will be like the teacher." (Lk 6: 40)
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