My Reflections
for this SUNDAY: “The Contradiction of
the Cross”
The Reading for
this Sunday is from Luke 12:49-53.
Jesus said: “I have come to set the
earth on fire and how I wish it were already blazing!” I am amazed at how our Lord uses metaphors
and paradoxes to drive a lesson. In some
instances our Lord is said to be the Prince of Peace, but in today’s reading we
saw how our Lord wished that the earth is set on fire. He gave us the assurance that he did not come
to bring peace on earth but of division.
Her we need to understand the PEACE promised to us by Christ. It is a peace not of this world. Remember that this world also promises
peace. Literature abounds with political
and social a theory that promises peace.
This is the main reason why Liberation theology is a bankrupt theology
because it promises a Kingdom of Peace here on earth. The peace of Christ is something that is
within us. It is futuristic because it
hopes for the coming of His Kingdom. Not
as we envisage it but according to what God has planned. Humans as we are, and intelligent as we are,
we often device our own plan and we have our own solutions. But if these solutions are not in accordance
with God’s will it will never provide a lasting solution. This reflection brings us again to the CROSS,
where Christ our Lord hanged. It is a
sign of contradiction for as long as this world exists; there will be those who
will be reconciled with God through the Cross.
There will be those who will reach heaven by the narrow way. But there will be also those who will never
find the right way and will always put themselves in opposition to God. This is the reason why for so many times the
world has criticized Catholic Doctrine on life issues. As our Popes and Bishops continue to defend
our doctrine, the more the world criticises the church and sometimes we are put
in a bad light in the mass media. This
is exactly what Christ is saying. The
world will never be converted, but if we wished we can be converted. As Christians, we bear the light of
Christ. And while we await for the
coming of His Kingdom and His Second Coming, we do our best to bear witness to
this world by our good deeds and by our positive efforts to show to the world
how the Kingdom of God will be in the future.
Let us bear the cross with all humility and let us never be ashamed of
Christ and His Cross. Amen.
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