Third Tuesday of Advent
Zeph 3: 1-2, 9-13; Mt 21: 28-32
Truly God's children?
At a point in the first reading the Lord says: 'you need not be ashamed of all your deeds...'. Not to be ashamed of myself is a life of dignity and honour; that I am myself and I am proud of it. True love and true regard for each other will give one this dignity and honour. The Lord fills us with this dignity and honour as God's sons and daughters.
In our moral integrity we are challenged to remain worthy of that calling we have, that is, to be sons and daughters of God our loving father and mother. It consists of the decision we make to hear the voice of God, listen to it, realise the call in it and act on it with love. Not hearing the voice would be a total insensitivity to God; hearing but not listening would be a disrespect; listening but not realising the call involved would be foolishness; and realising it but not acting upon it, would be a deliberate choice that would negate our very belonging to the Lord.
When we are ready to hear, listen, realise and act on God's word, we would be true sons and daughters of God; and we would never need to be ashamed of ourselves, our deeds or our lives. The point is, are we really God's children!
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