TUESDAY 15TH WEEK IN
ORDINARY TIME YEAR B.
1ST READING: ISAIAH
7:1-9
GOSPEL: MATTHEW 11:20-24
THEME: DO NOT ALLOW YOURSELF TO
BE DESTROYED.
A famous story about tortoise and
its three children on how many times will something happen to you that you will
learn has a little connection with today’s readings.
In the first reading, the people
of Emphraim was promised to be blot out from the face of the earth because of their evil
plans against the people of God despite all that they have seen God had done
for his people, they went ahead to plan evil against them.
In the gospel, the people of Chorazin
and Bethsaida faced it with Jesus because of their obstinacy in their
evil ways of life. They refused to change after all that Jesus had done for
them.
It is likely that we are in the
same category with these places about to be destroyed. We have remained
obstinate in our sins and have left the faith we embraced earlier. Jesus has
shown us many signs and wonders but still we plot evils in our hearts and with
others. Christianity increases everyday but evils increase also. What is
happening? We should run for our dear lives and run back to God so that we will
not be destroyed in the presence of God as in the first reading and those whom
we think are evil will not be better than us on the judgment day. Let us learn
from the Holy Bible which is the word of God and not waiting like the first and second sons of the tortoise
to have experience before learning. Thanks.
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