Readings
I - 1 Thess. 5: 1-6, 9-11
II - Lk. 4: 31-37
DOCILE HEART DISCOVERS THE TRUTH
The people of Capernaum was astounded at the teaching of Jesus because of the authority with which he spoke. They were amazed at the power of his command over the unclean spirits. Even the demons recognised that Jesus as the Holy One of God, but his own people in the stubbornness of their hearts recognised him not. They were rigid, adamant, hard headed and stiff necked people unwilling to accept the truth. About these stubborn people Prophet Jeremiah says, “This evil people, that refuse to hear my words, that walk in the stubbornness of their heart” (Jer. 13:10).
There is a famous proverb, “You can lead a horse to water, but you can’t make it drink”. Though the life of Jesus, his preaching and the miracles he worked testified to the fulfillment of the Law and Prophecy in him, they were stubborn to accept a “carpenter’s son” as the “Son of God”. Stubbornness blind the eyes, deafens the ears and hardens the heart from being docile to the truth, true to the words of Jesus, “Though seeing, they do not see; though hearing, they do not hear” (Mt. 13:13). May this Gospel passage of the day help us to examine our lives. Stubbornness darkens our understanding and excludes us from God (Eph. 4:18) and His people. Let us be docile to the truth even if it hurts and disturbs us for that is God Himself. In the silence of our heart let us keep praying: “Lord Jesus help me to be docile to discover the truth”.
