+ We are reminded in our readings today that
the poor, the despised, the sinners have a truer grasp of who Jesus is than
those who have no need of him because of their seeming righteousness: the chief
priests and elders of the people. It is these poor who went out both to see
John, and then Jesus later when he told them to go. The professional religious
leaders did not believe in John and therefore they could not be redirected to
Jesus.
In the first reading from the
Prophet Zephaniah, we see that the remnant
of the house of Israel would be the small number who hung on to belief in a
messiah who would redeem the people. Though highly unlikely, these people would
“save the day” – and be a true link from the sinful “primitives” and the
purified “futures”!
May we celebrate today our
membership in the “remnant of the Lord” - in this day and age, when so many
seem to be “experts in religious matters” but have “missed the boat entirely”
in their fantasizing about a “plastic Jesus” who gets brought out once a year
at Christmas, but at other times of the year – is packed neatly away in the
closet!
Come,
O Lord, do not delay; forgive the sins of your people.
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