Monday of the 3rd week of Lent
St Casimir
Gospel – Luke 4:24-30
“I tell you solemnly, no prophet is ever accepted in his own country”. This is a warning which Jesus gives us because of our prejudices and hasty judgement of those around us. We have lots of these in our life. Ordinary people around us, members of our family, often have no special value in our eyes. Whatever they do, we immediately judge it as useless or valueless. This attitude is against the will of God. And Jesus is saying that God has a different way of looking at persons. Those persons who do not a value before other persons, has value before God. God chooses them and they come instruments of God’s grace. Because these people are open to the action of God in their lives. Whereas we who judge others and we who carry with us prejudices are often close to the action of God in our life. Our pride closes ourselves to the grace of God and our humility opens ourselves to the grace of God. Let’s reflect: Lent is the time to reflect whether I am closing myself to the grace of God with my prejudices and hasty judgements about others.
Monday 4 March
