Gospel: Luke
13:31-35
Some Pharisees came to Jesus
and said, “Go away, leave this area because Herod wants to kill you.” He
replied, “Go and tell that fox, ‘Behold, I cast out demons and I perform
healings today and tomorrow, and on the third day I accomplish my purpose. Yet
I must continue on my way today, tomorrow, and the following day, for it is
impossible that a prophet should die outside of Jerusalem.’
“Jerusalem, Jerusalem, you who
kill the prophets and stone those sent to you, how many times I yearned to
gather your children together as a hen gathers her brood under her wings, but
you were unwilling! Behold, your house will be abandoned. But I tell you, you
will not see me until the time comes when you say, Blessed is he who comes in
the name of the Lord.”
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Reflection:
Would we be willing to die for our faith? I’m sure that many of us would say yes with an exclamation
point! But when the actual time comes that we would be killed for standing up
for our faith we may renounce our faith to save our life. Many of our saints
died for our faith they could have renounced it to save themselves but they chose
to be faithful until the very end.
When
Jesus was told by the Pharisees to go away because King Herod wants to kill
Him. Jesus did not budge a bit He courageously stared the challenge in the eye
and faced it notwithstanding the threat to His life.
Do we
recognize that to be a follower of Jesus is no joke? This is for the reason that
like Jesus, the prophets before Him and the saints we are also called to
stand-up for what is right. To face anyone and courageously stare them eyeball
to eyeball so that we could advance the teachings of Jesus.
To be a
follower in name only is easy but to be a committed follower until the very
last gasp of our breath is never easy. For it will require us to get out of our
own comfort zones or to even sacrifice our very own lives so as to preserve and
advance the teachings of Jesus.
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