Tuesday of the Fifteenth Week in Ordinary Time
Jesus continues, from yesterday, his harsh and brutal truths in today’s Gospel. Here Jesus rebukes the cities and peoples who have witnessed his great miracles and are left unchanged, and they refuse to repent of their sins. He says of them that Sodom, a city so corrupt that God’s wrath destroyed it, would be more open to his works than they are. In effect, he says the people in these cities he is rebuking are more corrupt and stubborn than the worst city they know of. Ouch.
These words, as much as they may sting, need to be directed towards us as well. All of us have been given gifts from Christ: the gift of faith, patience, healings, fortitude. In a word, we have all seen miracles in our lives. But have these miracles changed us? Have they deepened your relationship with Christ? Have you indeed sought out forgiveness from Jesus or your neighbor?
Every encounter with Jesus should change us, motivate us towards more extraordinary love, and so we pray:
Lord, we ask that we learn to see the gifts you have given us as a sign of your love for us, grant that we, moved by such great gifts, seek you out more and more in love, in forgiveness, and in faith.
Reflection by Fr. Etienne Huard, OSB
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