"Gintago ninyo ang yabi nga nagabukas sang puwertahan sang kinaalam"

Ebanghelyo subong nga Adlaw (Lucas 11:47-54)

Huwebes (Oktubre 17)

Kailo man kamo! Nagahimo kamo sing matahom nga mga lulobngan para sa mga propeta—ang mga propeta nga ginpamatay sang inyo mga katigulangan.

Kon amo ginapakita ninyo nga sugot man kamo sang mga ginbuhat sang inyo mga katigulangan. Kay sila nagpamatay sang mga propeta kag kamo nagahimo sang ila mga pantyon.

Gani ang Dios sa iya Kaalam nagsiling, ‘Magapadala ako sa ila sing mga propeta kag mga manugbalita. Ang iban sini ila pamatyon, kag ang iban ila hingabuton.’

Gani ang mga tawo sining panahon pagasilutan tungod sang kamatayon sang tanan nga mga propeta nga ginpamatay halin pa sang pagtuga sang kalibutan, halin sa pagpatay kay Abel tubtob kay Zacarias nga ginpatay sa gin-utlan sang altar kag sang santuaryo. Huo, nagasiling ako sa inyo, ang mga tawo sini nga panahon pagasilutan tungod sini tanan.

“Kailo man kamo nga mga manunodlo sang Kasugoan! Kay gintago ninyo ang yabi nga nagabukas sang puwertahan sang kinaalam. Kamo inyo indi magsulod kag ginabalabagan ninyo ang buot magsulod.”

Sang paghalin ni Jesus sa sadto nga duog ang mga manunodlo sang Kasugoan kag ang mga Fariseo nagsugod sa pagmulay sa iya kag sa pagpamangkot sa iya nahanungod sang madamo nga mga butang, sa pagdakupdakop sa iya paagi sa mga sayop nga iya mahambal.

Prayers:

"Lord Jesus, may your word take root in my heart and transform all my thoughts and actions. Give me wisdom and understanding that I may know your will for my life and have the courage to live according to it."

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Reflection of the Daily Gospel:

How can God's wisdom free us from being double-minded and spiritually blind? God sent his prophets to open the ears of his people to hear and understand God's word and intention for their lives. God's wisdom is personified in the voice of the prophets, a voice that often brought rejection and death because they spoke for God rather than for human favor and approval. Jesus chastised many of the religious leaders of his day for being double-minded and for demanding from others standards which they refused to satisfy. They professed admiration for the prophets from the past by building their tombs while at the same time they opposed the message that the prophets spoke in God's name. They rejected the prophets' warnings and closed their ears to the word of God.

What does Jesus mean when he says they have taken away the key of knowledge? The religious lawyers and scribes held the "office of the keys" since they were the official interpreters of the scriptures. Unfortunately their interpretation of the scriptures became so distorted and difficult to understand that others were "shut off" to the scriptures. They not only shut themselves to heaven; they also hindered others from understanding God's word. Through pride and envy, they rejected not only the prophets of old, but God's final prophet, the Lord Jesus Christ. Jesus is the "key of David" (see Isaiah 22:22; Revelations 3:7) who opens heaven to those who accept him as Lord and Savior. He is the "Wisdom of God" and source of everlasting life. Only the humble of heart – those who thirst for God and acknowledge his word as true – can truly understand this wisdom. [See Psalm 119:99ff: "I have more understanding than all my teachers, for your testimonies are my meditation."] God is ever ready to speak his word to us and to give us true wisdom and understanding. Do you hunger for the wisdom which comes from above?