With Which You Measure!

Monday, March 17, 2025

Dan 9:4-10; Lk 6:36-38

Today’s Gospel discusses the boomerang principle. 

The invitation to follow the merciful Heavenly Father is the basis for Jesus to discuss the boomerang principle. 

Christians are called to be the ‘Mercy Boomerang,’ imitating the example of the Heavenly Father. 

The book Kindness Boomerang discusses the truth that kindness is like a boomerang, and what we show to others always returns to us. 

Jesus’ teaching on ‘measure’ can be understood both positively and negatively. 

Positively, when we help others, we help ourselves. Our goodness always comes back to us. 

Negatively, if there is a visible shape for our anger, hatred, or envy, it is the boomerang. We reap what we sow without fail. 

Since life has a way of giving back what we send out, Jesus wants us to be careful about the ‘measure’ with which we measure everything. 

Jesus is saying that it would be better for us to send out goodness and collect it back in a different form. 

Let us pray that our lives may be shaped by the wisdom of Jesus’ words on the ‘goodness boomerang.’

Fr. Dhinakaran Savariyar