The story of Jesus and the Pharisees is about Jesus healing a man on the Sabbath, which the Pharisees forbid because it is in the law of the Church that no work is to be done on this day.
The reflection here is “The evil of ignoring others' needs – God's law – the Law of Love – requires us to take action when we recognize the needs of others and we have the ability to do something about it. Helping others is an act of preserving life; ignoring a person's suffering is destructive and evil.” (2010. Terry A. Modica .Good News Reflections. http://co104w.col104.mail.live.com/default.aspx?wa=wsignin1.0)
You have recognized the need to preserve your family as a Mother, and as the only parent left. You have recognized that it is you who has the ability to ask from them – when they reacted negatively, you questioned. When they denied you, you demanded. You became the black sheep and the scapegoat because of their selfishness. But your actions are willfully out of love because you know that your family and those people who depend on your business are in need. Their inaction on your sufferings or for your improvement in life; or their inaction to correct what is right for the benefit of everyone; or their action of denial upon your rights is evil because they have hindered you of what is rightfully and appropriately yours, where in fact, giving this “thing” will not lessen them in any way, because they have their share to part-take – as for everyone else.
Sometimes I still get confused because it is never pleasant to see family members fight. But still in the end, I trust you, and more importantly, I understand what you are fighting for and why you are doing this.
Despite all of these things, I pray that love and forgiveness prevails, however, whenever.
