DGeMs- Daily Gospel eMessage
Dear Friend in the Lord,
“Repentance – Faith”: In today’s Gospel, Jesus proclaimed the “Parable of the Fig Tree” to the Jews and cautioned them about their obstinate refusal to repent from their sins. Ponder on, “God is full of Mercy, but if we take His Merciful Love for granted and refuse to change our sinful ways, then we have to bear the consequences of God’s Justice. God longs for our conversion.
Fr Philip Heng, S.J.
Luke 13:1-3, 6-9
It was just about this time that some people arrived and told Jesus about the Galileans whose blood Pilate had mingled with that of their sacrifices. At this he said to them, ‘Do you suppose that these Galileans were worse sinners than any others, that this should have happened to them? They were not, I tell you. No; but unless you repent you will all perish as they did.’
He told this parable, ‘A man had a fig tree planted in his vineyard, and he came looking for fruit on it but found none. He said to his vinedresser, “For three years now I have been coming to look for fruit on this fig tree and finding none. Cut it down: why should it be taking up the ground?” “Sir,” the man replied, “leave it one more year and give me time to dig round it and manure it: it may bear fruit next year; if not, then you can cut it down.” ’.