Gospel: Luke
10:13-16
Jesus
said to them, “Woe to
you, Chorazin! Woe to you, Bethsaida! For if the mighty deeds done in your
midst had been done in Tyre and Sidon, they would long ago have repented, sitting
in sackcloth and ashes. But it
will be more tolerable for Tyre and Sidon at the judgment than for you. And as
for you, Capernaum, ‘Will you be exalted to heaven? You will go down to the
netherworld.’ Whoever listens to you listens to me. Whoever rejects you rejects
me. And whoever rejects me rejects the one who sent me.”
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Reflection:
Why is
Jesus angry with the people of Chozarin and Bethsaida? Because they did not
hear His call of repentance, they refused His offer of love and renewal for
them.
It’s
sometimes puzzling why we refuse to heed this call of Jesus when we have
nothing to lose but everything to gain. For example, if we are living in sin
right now and we decide to hear this call for renewal of Jesus. A big burden
would be taken off from us but so many of us still refuse to walk away from
sin, why?
What does sin offer us that we can’t walk away
from it? Does sin offer us heaven? Does sin offer us a quiet and contentment
filled life? Why do many of us cling to sin when it doesn’t offer us anything
good?
Let us
all have a fresh start in our lives by refusing to commit any form of sin even
for a few days or even a week. And we compare our lives previously lived in sin
and a life lived already lived with the guiding light of Jesus. We surely would
love this new life with Jesus than the old life with the burden of sin. - Marino J. Dasmarinas
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