Jesus began to reproach
the towns where most of his mighty deeds had been done, since they had not
repented. “Woe to you, Chorazin! Woe to you, Bethsaida! For if the mighty deeds
done in your midst had been done in Tyre and Sidon, they would long ago have
repented in sackcloth and ashes. 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 if not
majority of us are like the people of Chorazin and Bethsaida full of
stubbornness. Yes, we believe that there’s a God but believing is very
different from listening to God and letting Him live in our hearts.
In pushing His good news
to us Jesus touches us in so many ways. There are also times when He uses our
fellowmen and other forms of modern medium such as the internet in order to
touch us. Yet we often times don’t listen or pay attention, we remain stubborn
and continue to commit sin. However, until when we are going to sin? Until such
time that sin destroys us?
Let us avoid sin
because sin is evil and whomever embraces sin will eventually be destroyed by
sin. – Marino J. Dasmarinas
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