Sunday, October 12, 2014

Reflection for Monday October 13, Twenty-eighth Sunday in Ordinary Time; Luke 11:29-32

Gospel: Luke 11:29-32
While still more people gathered in the crowd, Jesus said to them, “This generation is an evil generation; it seeks a sign, but no sign will be given it, except the sign of Jonah. Just as Jonah became a sign to the Ninevites,so will the Son of Man be to this generation. At the judgment the queen of the south will rise with the men of this generation and she will condemn them, because she came from the ends of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon, and there is something greater than Solomon here. At the judgment the men of Nineveh will arise with this generation and condemn it, because at the preaching of Jonah they repented, and there is something greater than Jonah here.”
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Reflection:
How would we react when somebody tells us to mend our ways and repent from all of our sinfulness? Don’t we sometimes feel insulted and antagonized? We feel insulted and antagonized because the call for us to mend our ways is prophetic and true.

We get angry when others tell us to repent and walk away from all of our sinfulness but why get angry when they are telling the truth? Why get angry when those who are telling us to mend our ways are only concerned for our own wellbeing?  

It happened to Jesus, He called for repentance among those who listened to Him and to those who heard His provocative statements but it only fell on deaf ears. Very few listened to Jesus among the high and mighty because they loved sin more than the wise counsel of Jesus.   

Isn’t this happening to us today? Many of us love to sin more than listen to Jesus. This is the paradox of our high-technology driven time today. Many of us today listen more to our high-tech gadgets than listen to Jesus by reading His words. Many of us have more time with our earthy undertakings than have our important quite time with Jesus. What will happen to us if we are like this?

Let us listen more to Jesus and let us listen to His call of repentance. - Marino J. Dasmarinas

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