THE WORD IN LENT - Monday, Third week in Lent
March 24, 2025 - 2 Kings 5: 1-15; Luke 4: 24-30
Hope is a gift and it is gratuitous; we would be at faluth to think it is our right or our prerogative. However, it is our prerogative, in as much as we are children of the Lord of hope. But the moment we become haughty about it, we may lose the essence of being so. Truth never ceases to exist, whether it is recognised or not. The more open we are to perceive it, the more we get closer to it; the more we are egoistic, the more likely it is that we miss it and that does not mean it did not exist.
In Naman who is presented to us in the first reading today, we see someone who was about to miss out on a life time opportunity of healing, just because he was haughty and pride blinded his sight. However, there was the servant maid who was able to put sense into him - blessed is the Lord who hides things from the most erudite of people but reveals the truth to the little ones. And fortunately, although only after an ulterior beseeching, he chose to be humble and he discovered the truth, finding hope in life.
Jesus cites the same Naman to the people of his times, and warns them of their pride and obstinacy. Not all were ready to take that in, they wanted instead to get rid of the one who brings it to their notice. In fact, they thought they did away with the problem when they crucified Jesus finally. Least did they realise that Truth cannot be buried, it never ceases to exist. We would do well, Jesus beseeches us, to take note of the promises of the Lord and our unworthiness of beholding it. The more we become aware of the unworthiness, the more the Lord deigns that we behold the Truth. Hence, the journey of return to hope, is the path towards humility and truth.
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