DOMESTICATED JESUS
Friday in the 2nd Week of Lent
Mt 21:33-43.45-46
Jesus is the cornerstone on whom we should build our lives. But what if we fail to recognize and accept Jesus because we have a different kind of Jesus in mind? On whom would we build our lives then?
We may fail to recognize Jesus because He can be very radically different from our expectations. We may refuse to accept Jesus because He can be very demanding on us. We may be not succeed in encountering Jesus because we search for Him not where He wants us to find Him but where we want to find Him instead.
There are times though when we do recognize Jesus but we turn our gaze away from Him because we cannot look straight to His eyes; we are guilty of many sins. There are times though when we accept Jesus but we are too quick to compromise Him because we are burdened with many worries and fears.
It can be that recognizing Jesus is easy for us and accepting Him is no big deal because the truth is that we have actually molded Jesus into an image we want Him to have. Instead of becoming more and more like Him, we seem to have made Him more and more like us. We have domesticated Jesus. Or have we?
Mt 21:33-43.45-46
Jesus is the cornerstone on whom we should build our lives. But what if we fail to recognize and accept Jesus because we have a different kind of Jesus in mind? On whom would we build our lives then?
We may fail to recognize Jesus because He can be very radically different from our expectations. We may refuse to accept Jesus because He can be very demanding on us. We may be not succeed in encountering Jesus because we search for Him not where He wants us to find Him but where we want to find Him instead.
There are times though when we do recognize Jesus but we turn our gaze away from Him because we cannot look straight to His eyes; we are guilty of many sins. There are times though when we accept Jesus but we are too quick to compromise Him because we are burdened with many worries and fears.
It can be that recognizing Jesus is easy for us and accepting Him is no big deal because the truth is that we have actually molded Jesus into an image we want Him to have. Instead of becoming more and more like Him, we seem to have made Him more and more like us. We have domesticated Jesus. Or have we?
posted by Fr. Bobby @ 4:00 PM
1 Comments
1 Comments:
Lord Jesus, time is flying so fast, we have lots of concerns, problems and anxieties to attend to and we forget all about you. We just give you a look or a glance but not the proper time for a King like you. Help us that we will always go back to at the end of the day, knowing your will and not only on times of difficulties. Bless us that we will no domesticate you but it will be us that will be molded in your image.
God bless po.
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