Jesus said to them, “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, sitting in sackcloth and ashes. But it will be more
tolerable for Tyre and Sidon at the judgment than for you. And as for you,
Capernaum, ‘Will you be exalted to heaven? You will go down to the
netherworld.’ Whoever listens to you listens to me. Whoever rejects you rejects
me. And whoever rejects me rejects the one who sent me.”
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Reflection:
Do you listen to Jesus’ call of repentance?
Repentance is a perpetual call from Jesus and we must listen to
this call. What will happen if we would not listen? There would be
punishment and it will not certainly come from God; punishment will originate
from the outcome of our sinfulness.
For example, the sin of adultery some spouses engaged in this bestial act
notwithstanding the danger and punishment that would befall them. Where would
this kind of sin eventually lead? This will eventually lead to despair,
nothingness and despair.
There’s a lot more examples of those who did not listen, so they received
their deserved punishment. So why not repent and listen to the voice of God who
always calls us every second of the day to change our ways and walk away from
sin? The longer we commit sin the deeper we dig a hole for us into the deepest
abyss hell.
We therefore have to listen to Jesus and walk away from sin while we still
have time. – Marino J. Dasmarinas
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