Luke 11: 47-54
No Easy Mission
47 “Woe to you, because you build tombs for the prophets, and it was your ancestors who killed them. 48 So you testify that you approve of what your ancestors did; they killed the prophets, and you build their tombs. 49 Because of this, God in his wisdom said, ‘I will send them prophets and apostles, some of whom they will kill and others they will persecute.’ 50 Therefore this generation will be held responsible for the blood of all the prophets that has been shed since the beginning of the world, 51 from the blood of Abel to the blood of Zechariah, who was killed between the altar and the sanctuary. Yes, I tell you, this generation will be held responsible for it all.
52 “Woe to you experts in the law, because you have taken away the key to knowledge. You yourselves have not entered, and you have hindered those who were entering.”
53 When Jesus went outside, the Pharisees and the teachers of the law began to oppose him fiercely and to besiege him with questions, 54 waiting to catch him in something he might say.
Looking at today's ever growing secularization, loss of religious values and crumbling Christian foundation stones, we might think that Jesus is describing our time as well as his own. Things haven't changed that much, so the challenge to accept and incorporate the teachings of Jesus remains on-going, if not even more relevant than ever. Our daily prayer, reflection on his teachings and efforts to incorporate them into our interactions with others can quell the opposition we face and help, step by step, little by little, bring to reality the values Jesus presented. There will be opposition as Jesus experienced, but he never let that stop him. May we follow fearlessly in his footsteps.
Bro. Rene
Dear Jesus, through prayer and meditation, may I become your ally in this world of crumbling values and morality. Amen.
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