21st November, 2013
Who is your king? –
that is the crucial question that will be asked these days of the week running
up to the Solemnity of Christ the King. The parable we heard yesterday of the
return of the king who demands an account, the siege of Jerusalem that Jesus
speaks of today in the Gospel and the call of Mattathias to gather in his
leadership against the persecuting forces… all these present a crisis
situation; a situation demanding a definitive choice. Sometimes external
pressures like the work ambient, the political milieu, the personal addictions
or the overpowering temptations can present a crisis situation to us… a
situation to make a radical choice for God or against God! Even a simple affair
like the choice of words we use, or an ordinary decision we make on a daily
basis, can determine the radical belonging to or rejection of God in our lives! May our everyday choices be such that the Lord never need to weep over us, as he did over Jerusalem!
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