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:
How would you react if somebody tells you to mend your ways and repent
from all of your sinfulness? Will you not feel insulted and antagonized? Many of us would feel insulted and antagonized because the call for us to mend our ways is
prophetic and true.
We get angry when others tell us to repent and walk away from all of our
sinfulness but why get angry when they are telling the truth? Why get angry
when those who are telling us to mend our ways are only concerned for our own
wellbeing?
Many listened to Jesus during His public ministry but many did not
listen as well. In fact very few listened to Jesus among the high and mighty
because they loved sin more than the wise counsel of Jesus. Isn’t
this happening today? Many of us love sin (disguised as pleasure/s) more than we
love Jesus?
This is the paradox of our technology driven times today. Many of us
today give more time to our high-tech gadgets than listen to Jesus by reading
His words. Many of us have more time with our earthy undertakings than have our
important quite time with Jesus. What will happen to us if we are like this?
Let us listen more to Jesus and let us listen to His call of repentance.
- Marino J. Dasmarinas
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