Gospel: Matthew 17:9a, 10-13
As they were coming down from the mountain the disciples asked Jesus,
“Why do the scribes say that Elijah must come first?” He said in reply,*
“Elijah will indeed come and restore all things; but I tell you that Elijah has
already come, and they did not recognize him but did to him whatever they
pleased. So also will the Son of Man suffer at their hands.” Then the disciples
understood that he was speaking to them of John the Baptist.
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Reflection:
Why is it that we don’t listen to the voice of our conscience to repent until
we realize later that we are in a problematic situation?
The call of Jesus for repentance continuous until this very hour, He
speaks to us through people around us and through our conscience. We should not
ignore it, we should rather listen to it because to listen and repent is the
right course of action that we must always take.
Like John who prepared the way for Jesus, we too should become the modern
day John. Thus we should also gently call for repentance to those within our
sphere of environment. This is for the reason that this is a call of duty for us
followers of the Lord.
Lest we forget that by virtue of our Baptism we are the modern day John.
Therefore, we have to call for repentance and conversion as well. For this call
to be effective we have to do this with gentleness, with mercy and compassion.
And of course we also have to be a good role model because if we don’t live
what we preach then that would be useless
It is obvious that Jesus is pertaining to John as the second coming of
the prophet Elijah. But majority of the people did not recognize the call of
John to renew their lives because they were busy with the things of this world.
They have no time to listen to the messenger of God yet they created time to
serve their own selfish interest.
We have nothing to lose if we tread the way of John. Yes it will not be a
walk in the park and there would be challenges as well. But if Christ is with
us who will be against us? Nobody for we have Jesus at our backs silently
supporting us.
Oftentimes it may seem that Jesus is not there for us but He is always
there. – Marino J. Dasmarinas
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