Gospel: Luke 11:47-54
The Lord said: “Woe to you
who build the memorials of the prophets whom your fathers killed. Consequently,
you bear witness and give consent to the deeds of your ancestors, for they
killed them and you do the building. Therefore, the wisdom of God said, ‘I will
send to them prophets and Apostles; some of them they will kill and persecute’
in order that this generation might be charged with the blood of all the
prophets shed since the foundation of the world, from the blood of Abel to the
blood of Zechariah who died between the altar and the temple building. Yes, I
tell you, this generation will be charged with their blood! Woe to you,
scholars of the law! You have taken away the key of knowledge. You yourselves
did not enter and you stopped those trying to enter.” When Jesus left, the
scribes and Pharisees began to act with hostility toward him and to interrogate
him about many things, for they were plotting to catch him at something he might
say.
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Reflection:
Do you listen to those who
care for you and to those who give you meaningful advice? Or you don’t care to
listen for the reason that you want to drive your own life?
In our lifetime there shall
be people who will come into our lives to give us advice and to guide us. Or
people who by the example of their lives would make us think to change our life
for the better and live behind sinfulness.
Some of us will care to listen to them but many will simply ignore and
continue to live sinfulness.
Why is it that many don’t
care to listen? Stubbornness is already inherent in our mindset that is why we
don’t listen. We want to live life that way we want it. And our usual reason is:
This is my life not yours! Many of us even get angry with those who give us
advice. What happens to those who don’t listen? They learn their lesson the
hard way: their lives become mired in sin and they naturally suffer for it.
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