WE NEED RESPECTFUL HUMILITY
Jesus' anger is
directed toward sin and everything which hinders us from doing the will of our
heavenly Father and receiving His blessing.
In the Lord's first
speech addressed to Job out of the storm, the command of the Lord is heard and
heeded by the morning, which at dawn colors the earth "as though it were a
garment," but withholds light from sinners and shatters their pride,
shaking them from the surface of the earth. In today's Gospel, Jesus Christ
says that the same fate will befall Chorazin, Bethsaida and Capernaum. They
will "go down to the netherworld" because they have rejected the Word
of Life.
The Scripture
readings call us, in turn, to heed those whom Jesus has sent to speak His Word
to us. To hear them is to hear Him, and the One who sent him. To reject them is
to reject Him and the one who sent him.
God's Word is
life-giving and it saves us from destruction - the destruction of our spirits
as well as our bodies. Jesus' anger is directed toward sin and everything which
hinders us from doing the will of our heavenly Father and receiving His
blessing. In love He calls us to walk in His way of truth, mercy, justice and
holiness.
Do you receive
God's Word with faith or with doubt?