Gospel: Matthew
11:20-24
Jesus
began to reproach the towns where most of his mighty deeds had been done, since
they had not repented. “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 in sackcloth and ashes. But I tell you, it will be more
tolerable for Tyre and Sidon on the day of judgment than for you. And as for
you, Capernaum: Will you
be exalted to heaven? You will go down to the netherworld.
For if
the mighty deeds done in your midst had been done in Sodom, it would have
remained until this day. But I tell you, it will be more tolerable for the land
of Sodom on the day of judgment than for you.”
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Reflection:
Do you
get frustrated or even get angry every once in a while? It’s ok for as long as
your frustration and anger is for a good reason. And for as long as your anger
doesn’t stay for long in your heart. For
example, you advice a relative or a friend to mend his/her ways but she/he
doesn’t listen to you.
In his
humanity Jesus also gets frustrated like us and it is shown in the gospel. When
He reproached the towns of Chorazin and Bethsaida due to their refusal to
repent. Jesus wanted the inhabitants of the two towns to change their wicked
ways and accept His good news.
Some of
us if not majority of us are like the people of Chorazin and Bethsaida full of
stubbornness. Yes, we believe that there’s a God but believing is very
different from listening to God and letting Him live in our hearts.
In
pushing His good news to us Jesus touches us in so many ways. There are also
times when He uses our fellowmen and other forms of modern medium such as the
internet in order to touch us. Yet we often times don’t listen or pay
attention, we remain stubborn and continue to commit sin.
God
desires our company and friendship. He wants us to have that special
relationship with Him. Yet we don’t pay attention and we continue to sin, but
until when we are going to sin? Until such time that sin could destroy us?
Let us
run away from sin because sin is evil and whomever embraces sin will eventually
be destroyed by sin. – Marino J. Dasmarinas
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