Don’t let hardness of heart be your downfall! Whom are you stubbornly against? And for whom? Are you stubbornly against your Creator? Why do you hold on to unforgiveness in your heart? Why do you hold on to the desires of the flesh? Why hold on to your prideful ways and thoughts? Why hold on to rage and revenge? Why do you gossip and bear false witness?
Let it go…. Let it go and come before Jesus, who waits ready to forgive, to heal and embrace you with His love. Who will change your heart from one of stone to flesh. He will fill you with peace and give you joy. Come to Him and He will give you rest.
Jesus I am Yours. Amen
First reading
Isaiah 48:17-19
Thus says the Lord, your redeemer, the Holy One of Israel:
I, the Lord, your God, teach you what is good for you,
I lead you in the way that you must go.
If only you had been alert to my commandments,
your happiness would have been like a river,
your integrity like the waves of the sea.
Your children would have been numbered like the sand,
your descendants as many as its grains.
Never would your name have been cut off or blotted out before me.
Gospel
Matthew 11:16-19
Jesus spoke to the crowds: ‘What description can I find for this generation? It is like children shouting to each other as they sit in the market place:
“We played the pipes for you,
and you wouldn’t dance;
we sang dirges,
and you wouldn’t be mourners.”
‘For John came, neither eating nor drinking, and they say, “He is possessed.” The Son of Man came, eating and drinking, and they say, “Look, a glutton and a drunkard, a friend of tax collectors and sinners.” Yet wisdom has been proved right by her actions.’
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