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 asceticism 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 these kind of people. 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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