Gospel: Luke 12:54-59
Jesus said to the crowds, “When you see a cloud rising in the west you
say immediately that it is going to rain–and so it does; and when you notice
that the wind is blowing from the south you say that it is going to be hot–and
so it is. You hypocrites! You know how to interpret the appearance of the earth
and the sky; why do you not know how to interpret the present time?
Why do you not judge for yourselves what is right? If you are to go with
your opponent before a magistrate, make an effort to settle the matter on the
way; otherwise your opponent will turn you over to the judge, and the judge
hand you over to the constable, and the constable throw you into prison. I say
to you, you will not be released until you have paid the last penny.
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Reflection:
A philandering and irresponsible husband was always being advised by his
mother to change his ways and focus his sole attention to his family. But the
lure of temptation was too attractive to let go, so he did not listen to his
mother. After some time the limits of his wife’s patience has finally
reached its boiling point. So she and her children left Him, being alone
he finally realized how irresponsible he was.
This is who many of us are we keep on sinning .We are numb to well
meaning advice because by its earthly nature sin is attractive. And the devil
will keep pushing sin to us (disguised as pleasures) until it destroys us
completely.
However, Jesus has a message for us in the gospel. It’s for us to
completely walk away from our sinfulness before it destroys us. For the reason
that the moment we allow sin to take hold of us it will destroy not only us but
even those that we love dearly. This may take time before it happen but it will
surely happen.
In our gospel Jesus denounced the crowd for their hypocrisy, they could
predict the clouds and the weather. However they were purposely deaf to His
call of repentance, aren’t many of us like them? We only listen to the dictates
of this world but we shut our ears when it comes to Jesus!
Let us listen to Jesus who always call upon us to repent because
this is the right course of action to take. Jesus teachings may be unacceptable
to us initially because it will entail painful purification and a change of
lifestyle. But purification with Jesus always involves temporal difficulties
that will eventually translate to a life of tranquility and contentment.
Would you care to listen to Jesus? – Marino J. Dasmarinas
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