26th Week in Ord. Time, Friday – 30th September 2022 — Gospel: Lk 10,13-16
God Cares as Community
Jesus demonstrates lots of emotion in this passage. He chastises the Jewish towns because their citizens were insensitive to God’s invitations. Jesus would not chastise the people of Chorazin, Bethsaida and Capernaum if they were incapable of choosing their response to witnessing his “mighty deeds.” Somehow, their hearts had been hardened and God’s loving voice couldn’t penetrate. And this mattered to Jesus. We are free, and we can choose to follow God’s call or to accept God’s invitation of mercy. However, His heart is not indifferent to the indifference of the people he loves and wants to fill with His grace and blessings. In this manner, God is constantly intervening in the life of his people, constantly calling them to trust him and follow him. And even though they often do not or will not hear and heed him, he will not give up simply. He continues to call, to invite, to speak out because he cares for each of us individually and as a community. Choice to listen to Him depends upon each one of us.
