Jesus and Jeremiah are both speaking the truth, but it is looked at as division as no one wants to know or accept the truth!
Jesus and Jeremiah are both speaking the truth, but it is looked at as division as no one wants to know or accept the truth! Casting them out and trying to kill them. In the mass readings this week we see some division, as Jeremiah tells the truth, but people do not want to accept it, they just want to sin. Jesus too came to us for this reason, to speak and preach the truth, but people did not want to hear it, they wanted to go on sinning, not repent or follow Him. Today so many people are stubborn, they do not want to hear the truth, they do not want to go to church, read the Bible, follow Jesus or live an upright and holy life, and live the truth. Like it says in the second reading, "let us rid ourselves of every burden and sin that clings to us and persevere in running the race that lies before us while keeping our eyes fixed on Jesus, the leader and perfecter of faith!" In our struggle against sin, some may put you in a muddy well, others may cancel, hate, persecute, or resist you, seek the truth, follow Jesus, He is the truth, the life, and the way. While the truth of Jesus has causes a lot of division in this world and life, if we follow His truth, we can have peace, when we follow, reflect, imitate, forgive, and love like Him! Life is never easy, we need to look at all as a blessing, accepting His will be done, seeking God's wisdom and peace. Asking for and know that the Holy Spirit can come to comfort the afflicted, but it also can afflict the comfortable, life is never easy, but when we seek the truth, live by it, repent and stop sinning, follow Jesus, He has promised us life eternal in Heaven! We need to know that our Lord, will come to our aid! Seek His truth!
Jeremiah 38:4-6, 8-10
In those days, the princes said to the king:
"Jeremiah ought to be put to death;
he is demoralizing the soldiers who are left in this city,
and all the people, by speaking such things to them;
he is not interested in the welfare of our people,
but in their ruin."
King Zedekiah answered: "He is in your power";
for the king could do nothing with them.
And so they took Jeremiah
and threw him into the cistern of Prince Malchiah,
which was in the quarters of the guard,
letting him down with ropes.
There was no water in the cistern, only mud,
and Jeremiah sank into the mud.
Ebed-melech, a court official,
went there from the palace and said to him:
"My lord king,
these men have been at fault
in all they have done to the prophet Jeremiah,
casting him into the cistern.
He will die of famine on the spot,
for there is no more food in the city."
Then the king ordered Ebed-melech the Cushite
to take three men along with him,
and draw the prophet Jeremiah out of the cistern before
he should die.
Psalm 40:2, 3, 4, 18
R. (14b) Lord, come to my aid!
I have waited, waited for the LORD,
and he stooped toward me.
R. Lord, come to my aid!
The LORD heard my cry.
He drew me out of the pit of destruction,
out of the mud of the swamp;
he set my feet upon a crag;
he made firm my steps.
R. Lord, come to my aid!
And he put a new song into my mouth,
a hymn to our God.
Many shall look on in awe
and trust in the LORD.
R. Lord, come to my aid!
Though I am afflicted and poor,
yet the LORD thinks of me.
You are my help and my deliverer;
O my God, hold not back!
R. Lord, come to my aid!
Hebrews 12:1-4
Brothers and sisters:
Since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses,
let us rid ourselves of every burden and sin that clings to us
and persevere in running the race that lies before us
while keeping our eyes fixed on Jesus,
the leader and perfecter of faith.
For the sake of the joy that lay before him
he endured the cross, despising its shame,
and has taken his seat at the right of the throne of God.
Consider how he endured such opposition from sinners,
in order that you may not grow weary and lose heart.
In your struggle against sin
you have not yet resisted to the point of shedding blood.
John 10:27
R. Alleluia, alleluia.
My sheep hear my voice, says the Lord;
I know them, and they follow me.
R. Alleluia, alleluia.
Luke 12:49-53
Jesus said to his disciples:
"I have come to set the earth on fire,
and how I wish it were already blazing!
There is a baptism with which I must be baptized,
and how great is my anguish until it is accomplished!
Do you think that I have come to establish peace on the earth?
No, I tell you, but rather division.
From now on a household of five will be divided,
three against two and two against three;
a father will be divided against his son
and a son against his father,
a mother against her daughter
and a daughter against her mother,
a mother-in-law against her daughter-in-law
and a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law."
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