9.17.13

Lectio: Lk 7.31-35

Meditatio: “Then to what shall I [Jesus] compare the people of this generation? What are they like? They are like children who sit in the marketplace and call to one another, ‘We played the flute for you, but you did not dance. We sang a dirge, but your did not weep’.” Lk 7.31-32a

Oratio: O God, You know how fickle we are and how dense at times - but You are so patient with us and so much want us to successfully journey back to You.

I remember Jesus told a parable about the attitude of us and that we are like two groups of children  who want to play but who do not respond to the wants of the others and He made it clear that the point of His parable is that John the Baptist called them to reform but they ignored him and similarly He called them to reform and they ignored Him - yet happily for us Jesus continued to minister to them and we are the great beneficiaries.

Grant that may always listen to Your word as proclaimed by the Church for She issues the call and gives us the right guidance for the journey of life.

I ask this and all things in the name of Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with You
and the Holy Spirit, one God, forever and ever.

Contemplatio: spend some time in silence and meditate on the selected passage and hear what
God is saying to you.

Operatio: reflect on "played flute...sand dirge”; children playing a wedding.. playing a funeral; complete opposite play. John the Baptist’s message was somber while Jesus message was one of joy but both called us to engage effectively the journey to the Father. In prayer I ask for the grace to always listen to our Mother Church and to do what is asked of me on the journey to the Father.

Tomorrow's reading: Lk 7.36-50