3rd Sunday of Lent
When my mother died, I was given a book entitled, Why Bad Things Happen to Good People by Harold Kushner, a Jewish rabbi. One thing I learned from that book is that life is full of consequences. What happens to us can be a consequence of the choices we make and others make. My mother made poor health choices like smoking that led to a fatal heart attack at the young age of 65.
In Biblical times, people blamed tragic deaths on sin but Jesus criticizes this mindset: tragic death, illness or other misfortunes is not the result of sin. Sin, however, is always a choice we make, which result in consequences that we later regret. Thus, Jesus is quick to caution his listeners, “I tell you, if you do not repent, you will all perish as they did!” …
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