DGeMs- Daily Gospel eMessage
Dear Friend in the Lord,
“Refusal of Repentance” – Faith: In today’s Gospel, Jesus was deeply saddened by the Galilean townspeople for their obstinate refusal to repent of their sins. And, they wanted to test Jesus’ Authority and Divinity. Ponder on, “Do we refuse to repent of our sins? This could come from our pride, fears, insecurities, need for gratifications. Ask God for the wisdom to repent.”
Fr Philip Heng, S.J.
Luke 11:29-32
The crowds got even bigger and he 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.’