It's quite painful to get rejected by your own people...
But the Ev John told us (Joh 1.11)
"He came to his own and his own people did not accept him"
In Mk today the same message...
Maybe Mk has seen what we see today: the own people reject him.
Today: all the Christian Churches officially know Jesus best, they have made
a picture of him "handmade" - and as such they are able to accept him.
And here is the great question: do we know Jesus? and wich Jesus we are
ready to accept and which one we like to reject?
The Jesus who works in our favour - we like him!
But the one who correct us - we reject him?
As priests - representing Jesus - we must pay attention.
Not only which Jesus we represent but also which side of his personality we
know and which side we don't know yet!
The problem: everybody can do his work best only when accepted.
Seed and soil belong together. The speaker needs the hearer.
The face needs the heart. If nobody listens there is no message!
The message of Jesus is not possibel without reception!
Rejection means - we refuse to play our part.
It's today the same in the Church: too many refuse to play their part -
they are not against the message - only they do not listen!
We better find out: where I'm a rejecting one ?
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