18072016 Gospel: Mt 12:38-42

Some of the scribes and Pharisees said to Jesus, “Teacher, we wish to see a sign from you.” He said to them in reply, “An evil and unfaithful generation seeks a sign, but no sign will be given it except the sign of Jonah the prophet. Just as Jonah was in the belly of the whale three days and three nights, so will the Son of Man be in the heart of the earth three days and three nights. At the judgment, the men of Nineveh will arise with this generation and condemn it, because they repented at the preaching of Jonah; and there is something greater than Jonah here.

At the judgment the queen of the south will arise with this generation and condemn it, because she came from the ends of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon; and there is something greater than Solomon here.”

Repleksiyon:

Gusto nan mga scribe sanan mga Pharisee na makakita sila nan mga signus gikan kan Jesus.

Pero tagtubag sila ni Jesus na waya gaju’y mapa-abot nila na milagro kundili kon an signus nan kaagi ni Jonah sa suyod nan tijan nan balyena tuyo ka adlaw sanan tuyo ka duyom.

Tagpadajon ni Jesus an Ija paglinaw na amo ‘sab kuno ini an mahitabo sa Son of Man sa kasing-kasing nan kalibutan.

Sa pag-hukom, ikondenar nan mga taga-Nineveh an ato henerasyon kay nakapghinul’sol man sila sa pagtudlo ni Jonah, pero may mas hataas pa kuno kan Jonah dinhi sa kalibutan.

Amo ‘sab gihapon para sa queen of the south kay pamatian man ‘sab nija an pagka-balaanon ni Solomon, pero amo ‘sab gihapon, may mas hataas pa kan Solomon.

Actually, an gusto i-insister ni Jesus dinhi an ato paghigugma sa ato isigkatawo na sa kamatuoran, amo’y basehan na judgment ni God dato.

Waya mabalhin si God. Puro pa gihapon an Ija gugma dato. Tangandoy Nija na maparihas kita Dija, may puro na pagmahal.