Readings
I - Ex. 3: 1-8, 13-15
II - 1 Cor. 10: 1-6, 10-12
III - Lk. 13: 1-9
REPENT AND RETURN TO THE LORD
In the first reading, God chooses Moses to liberate the enslaved Israel from Egypt. God promises them a land of prosperity - a land flowing with milk and honey. The Gospel reading is about Jesus, the Son of God sent into the world to liberate the people from sin and slavery and lead them towards the land of the living. The invitation of Jesus ‘repent’ is an inclusive invitation to the New Israel to return back to the Lord, our God. As St. Paul says in the second reading, it is a universal call to holiness: “the Gentiles have become fellow heirs, members of the same body, and sharers in the promise in Christ Jesus through the Gospel”.
The crux of the Gospel passage of the day is repentance and returning back to the Lord thereby restoring our dignity as ‘Children of God’. We are in the third week of the Lenten season. A time of graces and blessings for introspection and amendment of our ways unto the ways of the Lord. In all that we do and say, remember whether our deeds and words are befitting as children of God and if not restrain form doing and saying. May the Lord give us the humility to accept our weaknesses, faults and failures so as to repent and return back to Him. Let our mind and heart resonate with the prayer: “Lord Jesus, give us a humble heart to accept our weaknesses and courage to amend our lives unto your ways”
