Gospel: Luke
11:29-32
While still
more people gathered in the crowd, Jesus said to them, “This generation is an
evil generation; it seeks a sign, but no sign will be given it, except the sign
of Jonah. Just as Jonah became a sign to the Ninevites, so will the Son of Man
be to this generation. At the judgment the queen of the south will rise
with the men of this generation and she will condemn them, because she came
from the ends of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon, and there is
something greater than Solomon here. At the judgment the men of Nineveh will
arise with this generation and condemn it, because at the preaching of Jonah
they repented, and there is something greater than Jonah here.”
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Reflection:
Do you ask
for signs before you decide on something? For example, if you’re a female,
would you ask for a sign if the man courting you is the right one for you? And
based on that sign you now would decide to say yes or no to that man.
Jesus is much
bigger than the signs that we ask for from God. If we have Him in our hearts we
need not ask anymore for signs. But do we allow Jesus to have a special place
in our hearts? Jesus has a simple request for all of us for Him to dwell in our
hearts. The simple request is our repentance from all of our sins. This is His
simple request for all of us, so that He could dwell in our hearts.
During the
time of Jonah, the people of Nineveh listened to Jonah’s call of repentance.
Otherwise there would be destruction upon them. So they listened, they’ve put
on sackcloth to show God that they are sorry for the many sins that they’ve
committed and they are ready to walk away from it.
Why do we
continue to embrace sin when it will not do us any good? Why do we continue to
embrace sin when we know for a fact that sin is evil and it eventually will
destroy us? It’s very hard to comprehend why many of us continue to sin. We
continue to sin because the devil gives us generous incentives to commit it.
But as proven time and again, we will be destroyed eventually because we decided
to embrace the devil.
If we will
love this world more than we love God we certainly will continue to sin.
However, God is always there for us no matter how sinful we are, ever ready
to embrace us with His infinite love and forgiveness.
Prayer:
I am sinful
creature of this world O Lord and I am tired of sinning for it has not brought
anything good into my life. I seek your forgiveness O Lord and I seek your
love, this I pray in the mighty name of Jesus. Amen. – Marino J. Dasmarinas
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