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Dance to God’s Music
4 min
Gospel
Lk 7:31-35
“To what then shall I compare the men of this generation, and what are they like? They are like children sitting in the market place and calling to one another,
‘We piped to you, and you did not dance;
we wailed, and you did not weep.’
For John the Baptist has come eating no bread and drinking no wine; and you say, ‘He has a demon.’ The Son of man has come eating and drinking; and you say, ‘Behold, a glutton and a drunkard, a friend of tax collectors and sinners!’ Yet wisdom is justified by all her children.”
Readings are taken from Dynamic Catholic’s Bible: RSV Catholic Edition.
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Transcript
Dance to God’s Music
What jumps out at you today or had this experience of trying to lead people to something that's good for them. Maybe it's at work, maybe it's at home, maybe it's a friend, maybe it's a family member. Could be anyone. But you see what is possible for them. Sometimes you see what is possible for them more than they see what is possible for them. But you see it maybe because you have more experience or maybe you're in a better place than they are at that moment in their lives, but you see their potential. And so you call them along. You say, "Come." And they resist or they reject or they're just lazy and comfortable and won't move and won't participate. And there's a great frustration in that, right?
And so Jesus is talking about this, like the children sitting in the marketplace, calling to one another, "We piped to you and you did not dance. We wailed and you did not weep." And so Jesus is constantly pointing out the Pharisees, the hypocrisy of the Pharisees. And he's pointing it out to them, to their faces, not gossiping about them behind their backs, pointing out the hypocrisy to their faces for them, but also as a warning to everyone else that is listening. And so in what way is God piping to you and in what way are you refusing to dance? That's what I want you to think about today. Children calling to one another, God calling to you. "I piped for you and you did not dance." He is making the music. And very often we refuse to dance. Have a great day. Remember, don't just be yourself. Be the-very-best-version-of-yourself, all that God created you to be.
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