21 These Nazarene men, as all of the Israelites, had been waiting for the Messiah, but for someone according to their expectations. They never noticed that the One they were expecting had been sharing many years of His Life with them, as a carpenter, until that Saturday. 22 Jesus knew that He would not be well received precisely there, because no Prophet had ever been well received in his own town, among his own people. And so it was when He began His preaching and quoted the Prophet Elijah and then the Prophet Elisha that those people became furious because they considered an audacity for Jesus to compare Himself to the Prophets. 23 They did not want to open their hearts. They stood up and with total lack of respect for the Temple they began to lift their fists and to threaten Jesus, who looked at them completely unperturbed, and rather with compassion. This attitude of the Lord drove them yet more furious, so that as He was passing through them in order to leave, they pushed Him all the way out and then they chased Him yelling insults, and accosted Him, threatening to kill Him. 24 Jesus passed in front of them, and without responding to their insults and threats, He walked away, His spirit saddened because they had not understood the Scriptures, because they would not allow being liberated from their miseries. Jesus left serene and majestic, so much so that in the end they did not dare to touch Him. 25 I realize that today as yesterday, the human heart in its deepest recesses always maintains the hope for Good News. Through the centuries man has kept “materializing” this hope and thus, he has given himself to the unbridled search for an “earthly paradise.”
Posted on: Tue, 25 Mar 2014 12:19:51 +0000
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