the evidence of two or three witnesses. If he still refuses to listen to them, tell it to the
assembled Church. But if he does not listen to the Church, then regard such a one as a
pagan or a publican. I say to you: whatever you bind on earth, heaven will keep bound; and whatever
you unbind on earth, heaven will keep unbound. In like manner, I say to you: if on earth
two of you are united in asking for anything, it will be granted to you by my heavenly
Father. For where two or three are gathered in my Name, I am there among them.”
Reflection:
It is hard to do things if our heart is not at peace. We are uneasy when we know
that our relationship with others suffer. That is why our gospel counsels that
we settle it immediately so that the ill feeling will not persist. The problem is, we
sometimes do not know how to do it. We lack the skills to handle conflict and to come
up with a happy solution to it. Thus we hesitate, unsure and insecure for
instead of resolving it, it may escalate into further misunderstanding. That
is why the prudent course of action is to have a third party with you. The
community member whom you both trust can mediate. Sometimes, it
takes a disinterested party to untangle the knot of disagreement between
you two. It is better for you both to resolve the conflict immediately. As the bible
says, “Do not let the sun go down while you are still angry.” (Eph. 4,26).
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