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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