[Grem] mai adventi igék

[Emoke Greschik]

Your daily Gospel reflection...
*Friday, December 15, 2017*
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2nd Friday of Advent

Matthew 11:16-19









*Friends, in today’s Gospel the Pharisees compare the eating habits of John
the Baptist, who fasted, and Jesus, who dined with sinners. In the
carefully stratified society of Jesus’ time, a righteous person would never
associate with the unrighteous, for fear of becoming unclean.But here is
Jesus, scandalizing everyone because he does indeed break down these
barriers. How would you feel if you saw me socializing with prostitutes and
drug-dealers, eating and drinking with terrorists? Would it shock you,
dismay you, disappoint you? But this is what Jesus did, precisely because
he was the Incarnation of the God who aggressively seeks out the lost.God
looks for us, comes running after us, never lets go, never relents, never
gives up. The more we run, the more he runs after; the more we hide, the
more he looks; the more Friends, in today’s Gospel the Pharisees compare
the eating habits of John the Baptist, who fasted, and Jesus, who dined
with sinners. In the carefully stratified society of Jesus’ time, a
righteous person would never associate with the unrighteous, for fear of
becoming unclean.But here is Jesus, scandalizing everyone because he does
indeed break down these barriers. How would you feel if you saw me
socializing with prostitutes and drug-dealers, eating and drinking with
terrorists? Would it shock you, dismay you, disappoint you? But this is
what Jesus did, precisely because he was the Incarnation of the God who
aggressively seeks out the lost.God looks for us, comes running after us,
never lets go, never relents, never gives up. The more we run, the more he
runs after; the more we hide, the more he looks; the more we resist, the
more he persists. God likes sinners and associates with them. *


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