“There are two ways to be fooled. One
is to believe what isn't true; the other is to refuse to believe what is true.”
― Søren Kierkegaard
Gospel
Text: (MT 17:9A, 10-13)
As they were coming down from the
mountain,
the disciples asked Jesus,
“Why do the scribes say that Elijah
must come first?”
He said in reply, “Elijah will indeed
come and restore all things;
but I tell you that Elijah has already
come,
and they did not recognize him but did
to him whatever they pleased.
So also will the Son of Man suffer at
their hands.”
Then the disciples understood
that he was speaking to them of John
the Baptist.
A new way of looking and “new heart”
are necessary if the ways of God are to be recognized, and if we are to respond
with cheerfulness and generosity to the demanding calls of the gospel. Not
everybody is willing to understand it, let alone live it. What's more, the way
we live our lives and our plans might be in opposition to God's will. An
opposition that could turn into a struggle against, and a rejection of, Our
Father in Heaven.
We need to discover the intense love
that informs God's plans for us and, if we are to be consistent with the faith
and morality that Jesus reveals to us, we can't be surprised by the bad treatment,
the slander and the persecutions of this world. Being on the right track
doesn't stop there from being difficulties in life and He, despite the
suffering, teaches us to keep on going.
We are in Advent now, preparing for
the arrival of the Lord. And what will happen when he comes again? Is
Elijah already here, speaking fire, preparing the way, but unheeded and
unrecognized? Will we recognize the signs? Will we recognize Jesus when he
comes?
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