3 Lent Mon Mar 24 Lk 4: 24-30 FACING TRUTH Today’s gospel reading gives us the final words of our Lord in the synagogue to his town mates. Essentially he tells them the truth about themselves and it was not flattering. He contrasts their unbelief with the readiness of gentiles to believe. Because of their readiness to believe the gentiles were rewarded. Upon hearing this unflattering truth, the town mates rose up in anger ant took Jesus to the brow of a hill to roll him down. But he slipped through them. The gospel does not tell us how the crowd reacted to his magical disappearance. In their unbelief, they probably attributed it to the work of Satan. Like the Nazarenes we can also be blinded by familiarity. It is a form of pride when we see some our rank or even lower ve excellence.. We pray that we will not lose precious opportunities because of our pride.
Posted on: Sun, 23 Mar 2014 13:44:51 +0000