LOST IN THE TRANSLATION

“If the miracles worked in your midst had occurred in Tyre and Sidon, they would long ago have reformed in sackcloth and ashes.” –Luke 10:13

Jesus chastised some towns where He did many miracles. He expected these miracles to be translated into repentance (Lk 10:13). We likewise need to repent. We have sinned repeatedly but are hardly aware of it. We may not even feel very sorry. We are “hard and impenitent” (Rm 2:5). Hopefully, we will come to our senses when Jesus heals us. We will feel ashamed of rebelling against and rejecting Jesus, Who was wounded that we may be healed (1 Pt 2:24).

When we’re healed, we will see the incongruity between His love and our sin. Healing will at first make us happy, but later we will be “filled with a sorrow” that comes from God (2 Cor 7:9). This sadness will lead to repentance (2 Cor 7:9). “Indeed, sorrow for God’s sake produces a repentance without regrets, leading to salvation” (2 Cor 7:10). “Just look at the fruit of this sorrow which stems from God. What a measure of holy zeal it has brought you” (2 Cor 7:11).

“Justice is with the Lord, our God; and we today are flushed with shame” (Bar 1:15). We “have sinned in the Lord’s sight and disobeyed Him” (Bar 1:17-18). Lord, have mercy one more time.

PRAYER: “Heal me, Lord, that I may be healed; save me, that I may be saved, for it is You Whom I praise” (Jer 17:14).
PROMISE: “He who hears you, hears Me. He who rejects you, rejects Me. And he who rejects Me, rejects Him Who sent Me.” –Lk 10:16
PRAISE: St. Thérèse of Lisieux gifted the Church with her “Little Way” of humble spirituality. It motivated a young, Albanian nun in the Twentieth Century to do great things for God: St. Teresa of Calcutta.