Aware that the scribes and Pharisees have for some time now
been plotting to kill him, unwavering in their conviction that they are in the
right, Jesus chastises them for saying “If we had lived in the days of our
ancestors, we would not have not joined them in shedding the prophet’s blood.”
Whenever we catch ourselves thinking, “If I had lived at such and such a time
or place, or had been in such and such a situation, I would never have…(fill
in the blank)," we can be sure that we have gone astray. We have somehow lost
sight of the fallen human nature we share with everybody else. Aware of our
need for the divine mercy, let us acknowledge our sins.
Photograph by Brother Brian. Meditation by Father Timothy.
