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Today's Gospel
The Woe Question
3 min
Gospel
Lk 10:13-16
“Woe to you, Chora′zin! woe to you, Beth-sa′ida! for if the mighty works done in you had been done in Tyre and Sidon, they would have repented long ago, sitting in sackcloth and ashes. But it shall be more tolerable in the judgment for Tyre and Sidon than for you. And you, Caper′na-um, will you be exalted to heaven? You shall be brought down to Hades.
“He who hears you hears me, and he who rejects you rejects me, and he who rejects me rejects him who sent me.”
Readings are from Dynamic Catholic’s New Testament Bible: RSV Catholic Edition
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Transcript
The Woe Question
What jumps out at you today? It's a short reading, and there's a lot of jumping around there and some, "Woe to you."
I think anytime Jesus says, "Woe to you," I think to myself, "Okay, I don't want to be on that-- I don't want to be on the receiving end of woe to you ever from Jesus." And imagine what that feels like for Jesus to say, "Woe to you," and of course, He was, and not only to individuals sometimes, Scribes and Pharisees, but in this case, to whole villages and towns, cities. I think what jumps out at me is the woe to you, because we've talked about it before. Anytime Jesus says something more than once in one reading, it always gets my attention. If Jesus was going to say, "Woe to you, Matthew," what would He be saying woe to me about? And that's my reflection for today. And maybe that's your reflection too. If Jesus was going to say, "Woe to you," over something, some part of your life, or something that's going on in your life right now, what would He be saying, "Woe to you," about? And what are we going to do to change that? Have an amazing day, and remember, Be Bold, Be Catholic
