"She went out and said to her mother, 'what should I ask for?' She replied, "The head of John the baptizer." – Mark 6:24
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The world we live in we come across many young people who really don't know what they want. They go around experimenting with everything searching for happiness and pleasure. It is also a sad fact that often it is the mature adults who allure these young innocent children into all sorts of evil. The children at a very young age lose their innocence. We see many children with many addictions and with gloomy faces. They lose their life.
In today's Gospel passage too, we come across a mother who due to her hatred towards John the Baptist, making use of her daughter to kill him. The young innocent girl is made use of by her mother to unleash her anger. We see here a very negative example being given to the daughter by both the parents. If the daughter would have decided for herself the gift, I think that it would be a new pair of clothes or a pet animal. I earnestly pray that the young children all over the world may remain innocent.
On the other hand, we see the life of an innocent man being taken away amidst all this. Can you do anything just to keep your word? Even killing someone? Can't you let your ego go? Let us try to show good examples to the people who live among us not by words but by action. If we claim ourselves to be a child of God then we need to behave like one. We are all called to be a child of God and live our life in its full innocence and holiness. Jesus Christ is giving us this grace. We read in Luke 11:13 – "If you then, though you are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father in heaven give the Holy Spirit to those who ask him." Amen.
