Saturday of the Twenty-fifth Week in Ordinary Time
the Old and New Testaments can describe the ways of human behavior with pinpoint accuracy. Open almost any page of Scripture, and you can find someone making a decision about what to do. The story of Adam and Eve provides our earliest human record of fear, pride, dominance, greed, and confusion. We can always find someone who reminds us of ourselves. Even with the leap of history we can point to someone and say, “that person is just like me.” Human nature has not changed that much. Can we still learn from it?
In today’s Gospel Jesus attempts to inform and warn his disciples that difficult days of suffering lay ahead. Perhaps it was a classic case of selective hearing. They heard what they wanted to hear. Nevertheless, the words of Jesus were very upsetting to them. We’re told that even though they didn’t understand they didn’t ask Jesus to explain because they were afraid to ask.
Does this sound familiar? Do we choose ignorance over the truth? Are we afraid of the truth that might call us to absolute trust or significant change in attitude and actions?
Reflection: What is the most important fact of truth being asked of me today?
Reflection by Fr. Daniel Petsche, OSB
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