Saturday, December 11, 2010

Our Gospel for Dec 10. Excuses excuses, excuses!

Mt 11:16-19

Jesus said to the crowds:
“To what shall I compare this generation?
It is like children who sit in marketplaces and call to one another,
‘We played the flute for you, but you did not dance,
we sang a dirge but you did not mourn.’
For John came neither eating nor drinking, and they said,
‘He is possessed by a demon.’
The Son of Man came eating and drinking and they said,
‘Look, he is a glutton and a drunkard,
a friend of tax collectors and sinners.’
But wisdom is vindicated by her works.”


Mateo 11:16-19

Ngunit saan ko itutulad ang lahing ito? Ito ay katulad ng mga batang nakaupo sa mga pamilihang dako at tinatawag ang kanilang mga kasama. Sinasabi nila:
   Tinugtugan namin kayo ng plawta, ngunit hindi kayo
   sumayaw. Nagluksa kami ngunit hindi kayo tumangis.

Ito ay sapagkat dumating si Juan. Hindi siya kumakain ni umiinom, at sinabi nilang siya ay may demonyo. Dumating ang Anak ng Tao na kumakain at umiinom. Sinabi nila: Narito ang isang taong matakaw at manginginom ng alak. Isang taong kaibigan ng mga maniningil ng buwis at ng mga makasalanan. Ngunit ang karunungan ay pinapaging-matuwid ng kaniyang mga anak.