Look, he is a glutton and a drunkard
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The Pharisees and the scholars of the law are not prepared to accept Jesus in their lives. They will never accept him as the Son of Man, who comes to save sinners, because they have not been baptized by John. These people of their generation, the contemporaries of Jesus, have rather a bad picture of him.
So, when they see him eating and drinking, they call him a glutton and a drunkard, a man of disrepute and not respectable. How can they say these things after Jesus heals the centurion’s slave and raises the widow’s son from the dead? But they have done the same to John the Baptist, his precursor. They say, “He is possessed by a demon” when he was not eating and drinking at all.
They never give the benefit of the doubt to these two holy personages in the history of salvation, who are great in God’s eyes.
Without conversion, we cannot understand who Jesus is. No conversion is equal to a lot of misinterpretation.
First Reading •1 Tm 3:14-16
Beloved: I am writing you, although I hope to visit you soon. But if I should be delayed, you should know how to behave in the household of God, which is the Church of the living God, the pillar and foundation of truth.
Undeniably great is the mystery of devotion, Who was manifested in the flesh, vindicated in the spirit, seen by angels, proclaimed to the Gentiles, believed in throughout the world, taken up in glory.
Gospel • Luke 7:31-35
Jesus said to the crowds: “To what shall I compare the people of this generation? What are they like? They are like children who sit in the marketplace and call to one another, ‘We played the flute for you, but you did not dance. We sang a dirge, but you did not weep.’ For John the Baptist came neither eating food nor drinking wine, and you said, ‘He is possessed by a demon.’ The Son of Man came eating and drinking and you said, ‘Look, he is a glutton and a drunkard, a friend of tax collectors and sinners.’ But wisdom is vindicated by all her children.
Source: “365 Days with the Lord 2023,” St. Paul’s, 7708 St. Paul Rd., SAV, Makati City (Phils.); Tel.: 632-895-9701; E-mail: [email protected]; Website: http://www.stpauls.ph.