Exodus 2:1-15, Psalm 69:3, 14, 30-31, 33-34, Matthew 11:20-24
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HOW TO DESTROY YOUR TOWN
"He began to reproach the towns where most of His miracles had been
worked, with their failure to reform." —Matthew 11:20
Today, here in Cincinnati, Ohio, many Masses were celebrated. At each
Mass, Jesus works the incomparable miracle of changing ordinary bread and
wine into His body and blood, soul and divinity (Catechism, 1374). This
week, at least hundreds of such miracles will have been worked in
Cincinnati. This doesn't include the miracles of conversion and adoption
which occur in every Baptism, the miracles of conversion and repentance at
each Confession, the miracles in other Sacraments, miracles in response to
prayers of faith and repentance, miracles through His own divine mercy
(e.g. Ex 2:5ff), miracles in other healings during this year. These
miracles are far greater than what the people of Chorazin, Bethsaida, and
Capernaum ever experienced. Yet they failed to reform (Mt 11:20).
Archaeologists confirm that, as Jesus prophesied (Mt 11:23), these three
towns no longer exist and were never rebuilt after their destruction.
Though Cincinnati is godly in some ways, it is sinful in many others. If
my town doesn't reform and repent of its sinfulness, it may "go down to
the realm of death" (Mt 11:23). What about your town? Your town doesn't
have to be as wicked as Pharoah's Egypt, Sodom, Tyre, or Sidon. All it has
to do is fail to reform when Jesus works great miracles in its midst. Your
town's reform begins with you. Believe in Jesus' miracles (Jn 10:38).
Repent! Now is the day of salvation for you and your town (2 Cor 6:2).
Prayer: Father, may we humble ourselves, pray, seek You, and repent of
sin, that You would revive our land (2 Chr 7:14).
Promise: "The Lord hears the poor." —Ps 69:34
Praise: Bl. Kateri Tekakwitha was one of a few of her tribe who received
the gospel. Her total faith became a witness to the whole world.
(This teaching was submitted by a member of our editorial team.)
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†Reverend Joseph R. Binzer, Vicar General of the Archdiocese of
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