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:
A sinful man had a
conversion, when he was asked what moved him to be good and Godly. He replied
this, I’m dying and I don’t want to be in hell when I depart this world. Hell
is real as well as heaven and those who continue to sin and will continue to
ignore God’s call to conversion will certainly end-up in hell someday.
Some of us may ask,
is heaven and hell for real today? Yes it’s both real and it’s already here in
our midst. If we always do good our life
would be like heaven on earth, yes there would be problems from time to time.
But we will always overcome these problems because Jesus is always at our side
to help. On the other hand if we continue to do bad we can expect our life to
be in a hellish situation today. This is the practical reality of heaven and
hell.
However, God loves
us so much that He also wants us to repent and permanently walk away from our
sinfulness. This is for the reason that the good lord wants us to experience
heaven while we are still here in this world. And He also wants us to end-up in
heaven after our passing in this world.
This is the great love of God for us, He always call us to repentance in
everyday of our life.
Someday when we die
some of us will say, if only I listened to Jonah and Jesus call of repentance.
I would not be in this hellish environment right now but I did not. I instead
continued to enjoy the many pleasures that were brought to me by the devil. – Marino J. Dasmarinas
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