March 08, 2021, Monday
Monday of the Third Week of Lent (Violet)
CYCLE B - YEAR I
RDGS: 2 KGS 5:1-15/ PS 42:2. 3--43:3. 4
GOSPEL: LK 4:24-30
Jesus said to the people in the synagogue at Nazareth:
no prophet is accepted in his own native place.
Indeed, I tell you, there were many widows in Israel
in the days of Elijah
when the sky was closed for three and a half years
and a severe famine spread over the entire land.
It was to none of these that Elijah was sent,
but only to a widow in Zarephath in the land of Sidon.
Again, there were many lepers in Israel
during the time of Elisha the prophet;
yet not one of them was cleansed, but only Naaman the Syrian.”
When the people in the synagogue heard this,
they were all filled with fury.
They rose up, drove him out of the town,
and led him to the brow of the hill
on which their town had been built,
to hurl him down headlong.
But he passed through the midst of them and went away.
GOSPEL REFLECTION:
Jesus, you experienced rejection from those close to you whom you were trying to help. Did you feel shocked, angry, unsure, depressed? How do I feel when others reject me? What did you do with your feelings? You went off to serve others, with the same risk of rejection again. Help me not to give in to despair when a relationship is difficult.
PRAYER:
I am the same, Lord. Even in my neediness, my ego pushes through. I want to be not just a victim but a celebrity victim. I want not just a cure, but to be the center of attention. Help me to center on you, not on me.
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