Homily (Reflection) for Monday of the
Twenty-Second Week in Ordinary Time (I) (04th September,
2017) on the Gospel
1Thess 4:13-18;
Ps 95:1.3-5.11-13. (R. v.13);
Lk 4:16-30.
Topic: ...prophet’s hometown.
Jesus went to the synagogue in Nazareth where He was brought
up on the Sabbath. After reading from prophet Isaiah, He said to His audience, “Today
this scripture has been fulfilled in your hearing.” All in the synagogue spoke
well of Him and were amazed at the gracious words that came from His mouth. Nevertheless,
they queried, “Is not this Joseph’s son?” The hitch of being Joseph’s son
reached the point of intending to hurl Him off the cliff but Jesus went away
through their midst.
There is a story of an old man who refused the help offered him
by a man with a jeep and another in a canoe when the dam burst. He waited for God
until he was finally drowned. Standing before God, he queried, ‘How could you
let me drown! I trusted you!’ God told him that He sent a jeep and a canoe but
he rejected both.[1]
The
Nazarenes together with
other Jews had prayed and waited for the Messiah for a very long time before
the coming of Jesus yet they rejected Him. They
expect a saviour whose background will be unknown, cf. Jn 7:27.
In
Nigeria for instance, we suffer a number of things not because we do not have
those to fix them but they are rejected because of their background. This cut
across every sphere of life. We either accept our saviours or move from bad to
worse.
Bible Readings: 1Cor 1:18-31; Acts
13:13-41.
Thought for today: Accept and live or reject and die.
Let us pray: Lord Jesus Christ,
by the rejection you suffered in the hands of your brothers and sisters, help
us to accept others as we should – Amen.
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