Gospel: Luke
7:31-35
Jesus
said to the crowds: “To what shall I compare the people of this generation? What
are they like? They are like children who sit in the marketplace and call to
one another, ‘We played the flute for you, but you did not dance. We sang a
dirge, but you did not weep.’
For John
the Baptist came neither eating food nor drinking wine, and you said, ‘He is possessed
by a demon. The Son of Man came eating and drinking and you said, ‘Look, he is
a glutton and a drunkard, a friend of tax collectors and sinners.’ But wisdom
is vindicated by all her children.
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Reflection:
Are there
people within your sphere of environment whom you find difficult to understand?
For example, a friend who has nothing good to say about you. He always finds
fault and is very quick to judge you. Yet he purposely closes her/his eyes on
the good things that you do.
During
Jesus time there were also many who found fault with Jesus and John the Baptist.
John because of his life of ascetism and life spent more in the wilderness. John
was labelled as possessed by the devil. Yet they choose to ignore the call of
John for repentance and renewal of their lives.
They also
did the same with Jesus, they labelled Him as friend of tax collectors and
sinners. For the simple reason that Jesus once in a while mingles with them
with the objective of converting them. Yet they also purposely closed their
eyes to the countless healings and miracles that Jesus did.
In spite
of all of these people who makes it their mission to make life difficult for us.
Let us focus on Jesus and His teachings, let us simply do what is right
regardless of what others may say and think about us. For if God is with us who
then can be against us? – Marino J. Dasmarinas
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