Friday of the Second Week of Advent
December 10, 2021Reading I: Is 48:17-19
Responsorial Psalm: Ps 1:1-2, 3, 4 and 6
Gospel: Mt 11:16-19
By listening to those whom God sends, we are listening to God Himself. Today, Jesus rebuked the crowd for not listening to Him. He likened them to children in market places who whined at their playmates, "we played the flute for you, but you did not dance, we sang a dirge but you did not mourn." The other group did not listen to the other. Their game was no fun at all.
Thus, when John came fasting, the people said, He is possessed by a demon.’ When the Son of Man came feasting, the people said, ‘Look, he is a glutton and a drunkard, a friend of tax collectors and sinners.’ No matter what they did, people always opposed them.
Today, there are people who always criticize everything we do. Like the religious leaders of Israel who see nothing good in Jesus, we too may sometimes fall into this temptation. If we always see something bad in people or situations, we may find ourselves closing our ears to God Himself, who speaks to us through His messengers and through the events of our lives.
Fr. Joel R. Lasutaz, SSS
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