DGeMs- Daily Gospel eMessage
Dear Friend in the Lord,
“Genuine Faith”: In today’s Gospel, the crowds were asking Jesus to prove that He is the Messiah. As their requests were insincere and without genuine faith, Jesus reprimanded them. Ponder on, “We may deceive others by our insincerity, but God sees and knows our heart’s real intentions. Let us pray for God’s graces, to purify our intentions.”
Fr Philip Heng, S.J.
Luke 11:29-32
The crowds got even bigger and Jesus addressed them, ‘This is an evil generation; it is asking for a sign. The only sign it will be given is the sign of Jonah. For just as Jonah became a sign to the people of Nineveh, so will the Son of man be a sign to this generation.
‘On Judgement Day the Queen of the South will stand up against the people of this generation and be their condemnation, because she came from the ends of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon; and, look, there is something greater than Solomon here.
‘On Judgement Day the men of Nineveh will appear against this generation and be its condemnation, because when Jonah preached they repented; and, look, there is something greater than Jonah here.’