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Home Matthew 13:54-58 NRSVue

Matthew 13:54-58 NRSVue

54He came to his hometown and began to teach the people in their synagogue, so that they were astounded and said, “Where did this man get this wisdom and these deeds of power? 55Is not this the carpenter’s son? Is not his mother called Mary? And are not his brothers James and Joseph and Simon and Judas? 56And are not all his sisters with us? Where then did this man get all this?” 57And they took offense at him. But Jesus said to them, “Prophets are not without honor except in their own hometown and in their own house.” 58And he did not do many deeds of power there, because of their unbelief.

New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition (NRSVUE)

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Some thoughts on this scripture

Reflection
From the beginning of his public life, those who did not believe in Jesus' preaching or his miracles discerned nothing of the divine in his features. Undoubtedly he was like many people whose beauty, at once very secret and very striking, dazzles some and escapes others. Like all creatures, Christ is transformed by the person who is attracted to him. It is baffling to record that, for a period of thirty years, the Son of Man did not appear to be anything other than a man.

Reflection
Lord, open my eyes to see your true face.

Reflection
The people who listened to Jesus thought that they knew him. Did they not know more about him than anyone else? Yet they made the mistake of thinking that they knew everything there was worth knowing about him, they had him summed up and had come to their conclusions. In bringing our lives before God, we ask God to enlighten us, to help us can look at our situations afresh. We even try to imagine God's view of those we live with, of our situations, of ourselves. When we come to conclusions, it may be difficult to go forward.

Reflection
People often say they are offended by someone. This generally means the person has said something that goes against them, their strong beliefs or something they hold dear. People took offence at Jesus – because he spoke what they knew was true with the wisdom of God, yet they didn’t want to hear it. No matter what he would say or do now, people would put him down, take offence and eventually pursue and kill him. Jesus spoke and acted with the power of God.

Reflection
Behind the ordinariness of Jesus was the life of the Trinity, and the mission of his Father. His ordinariness confused people and they could not believe in him. To find God in all things is a great grace given to Saint Ignatius, the saint of today. Maybe we could ask for that in prayer, and open our eyes to the light of God in so many ordinary ways - in all we meet, and most of all, in ourselves.

Reflection
There are always reasons not to listen: the people of Jesus' town saw him as just a local boy; suspicion of strangers prevents other messages being heard. I pray that I may receive the message that God has for me.