Reflections

“wisdom is vindicated by her works.”Jesus reminds us of this one most neglected Christian virtue: to listen to what God is saying to us in every moment of our lives. To­ day, Jesus reproaches the crowds for not listening.The message of the Gospel comes to us through hearing. Thus, when John came and pro­ claimed the coming of the Mes­ siah, people thought of him to be possessed by an evil spirit. When Jesus came, people thought of him to be glutton and drunkard simply because he was with the sinners, tax collectors and they persecuted him in the end.Prophet Isaiah in the first rea­ ding, reminds us that the Lord, our Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel, would teach us always what is good for us. He would lead us to the way we should go. If only we would listen to his voice, our pros­ perity would be like a river flowing down the streams giving life to all it passes by.The birth of Jesus is the em­ bodiment of the faith we heard from our forefathers. What we have listened to and meditated upon, has now a Face – Jesus of Nazareth.
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