Gospel: Matthew 11:20-24
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
are like the people of Chorazin and Bethsaida full of stubbornness, so; we
continue to sin. Yes, we believe that there’s a God but believing is very
different from listening to God and letting Him live in our hearts.
Sin in whatever shapes and forms is a clear and present danger in our lives. We must not only avoid sin let us also confront sin so that it will permanently banish from our system of existence. Sin is the devil in disguise and whomever embraces sin will eventually be destroyed by sin. – Marino J. Dasmarinas
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