GOSPEL READING: Mt 12:38-42
Scribes and Pharisees ask for a sign. They do not accept the reality but a sign. Sign is only a pointer to the reality. That is why Jesus condemns this generation as wicked. They are wicked not because of any moral standard but because they accept signs and believe in signs.
But even this wicked generation will be given a sign. Provided they get the right message from the reality. All the signs are to point out to the reality Jesus’ death and resurrection or whatever points out to the reality of death and resurrection will be the sign. But signs and realities focus on one message: repentance. If there is no repentance then all the rest are waste. Prophecy (Jonah) and Wisdom (Solomon) are useless if they do not lead people to repentance. In fact they all reveal something greater and that is Jesus.
அடையாளங்கள் நிகழ்வுகளுக்கு சாட்சிகளே. உண்மை நிகழ்வுகளை ஏற்றுக்கொள்ளாதவர்கள் சாட்சிகளையும் ஏற்றுக்கொள்ளமாட்டார்கள். இவை அனைத்தும் மனமாற்றத்திற்கு வழிகாட்டவேண்டும்.
