Prayer Prompt before reading LK 11:37-41
Come, Holy Spirit, teach me how to pray well, interpret the Scriptures for me so that I may know the Truth about who God the Father is and God the Son so that I may know who I am.
“Woe to you, scholars of the law! You have taken away the key of knowledge. You yourselves did not enter and you stopped those trying to enter.” LK 11:47-54
Humbly submit your will to God (Thy Will be done) and consecrate yourself to the Sacred Heart of Jesus through Mary and Joseph.
Today, Jesus presents the Pharisees as those who insidiously (proceeding in a gradual, subtle way, but with harmful effects) lead others astray through their seeming attention to the law. Often I find myself pointing out everyone else’s faults, but miss my own. I also can be really strict about holding other’s accountable to follow the rules, but don’t follow them myself sometimes. I believe all of us sometimes worry more about the law more than loving others. We all can make the mistake of being like the Pharisees.
The point Jesus is trying to make to the Pharisees is that they are missing the entire purpose of why God gave us life, to love. He is love straight through and this is what we will be surrounded with and filled up with in the spiritual realm, our heavenly homeland. We have been given an earthly body with a soul, to love with our bodies, our actions and words. Our bodies are driven or animated by the soul.
He made us to have compassion (suffer with) on others, to forgive, to take care of the less fortunate, and to love even if people don’t deserve it. This is what matters on judgment day, how much did you glorify the Father with your life. This in turn glorifies you and others see you as an other-Christ!
Today’s challenge: Don’t get too caught up in sin and rules, although these are important to keep order, the most important thing we can do is love, to give yourself away to another, a self-gift. The crazy backwards thing about it is when you give yourself away you become full of joy because you are living the way you were created to be!
Be a servant, be a saint today!
#Christian YODO (You Only Die Once; we will live again!)
Jesus points out that the Pharisees build memorials for the prophets their ancestors killed. By doing this, they act like they are different, but their hostile attitude toward Jesus shows they are rejecting God’s messengers. So we should try not to block the truth for other people about God.
I think that it is strange that the entire generation is to blame for the bloodshed from Abel to Zechariah when nobody was from abels time.
The point Jesus is trying to make to the Pharisees is that they are missing the entire purpose of why God gave us life, to love. our purpose in life is to love. The reason God created everything around us is to love. Jesus came to earth to save us from sin and teach us the true meaning of life, to love.
Todays Gospel shows how God sends us on a mission to spread his word. God sent many prophets and many were persecuted. Some will not agree with us and try to get us down, or make us stop. We need to have an unwavering heart to be able to spread the true word of God with the world. That is our true mission in life.
what stood out to me was when Jesus was saying that this generation will be charged with its blood. i think hes basically saying that people will have to die for good things to happen. like it will take longer than we think for everything to go as planned and that people will have to die.
In today’s Gospel Jesus says “You have taken away the key of knowledge. You yourselves did not enter and you stopped those trying to enter.” In this he is talking to the pharasies but I think that this cann be applied to us also. Sometimes we get so caught up in trying to impress people and doing what society says we should do we ignore God. When we do that we don’t only doom ourselves but the people we could be telling about God might never hear about him.
Today’s gospel reminded me that I need to forgive. Sometimes it is hard to forgive others, but God has forgiven us again and again and the least we can do is show the same compassion and forgiveness to our neighbor. We need to follow the golden rule “Love one another as I have loved you”. Choosing to forgive is not always easy, but it mirrors the ultimate mercy we have been freely given by our God. Through grace, we can look past our humanly faults and offer the healing gift of reconciliation to those around us as God so graciously has given to us.
What stuck out to me was “you yourselves did not enter and you stopped those trying to enter.” It stuck out to me because we can sometimes stop people from getting into heaven. But if we try our hardest to get to heaven maybe we can help them get to heaven.
In today’s gospel, Jesus talks about those whose relatives have killed prophets in the past. He tells them that they are charged with the prophet s blood and those they have killed.He tells them this because he wants us to reveal ourselves to hi fully and that we should not hide our true identity.
“You yourselves did not enter and you stopped those trying to enter.” What I took from this line in the gospel is that now people don’t go to mass. A lot of children’s parents don’t take them to mass and make up excuses why. When parents don’t take their kids to mass the kids don’t get to receive the body of Christ and most likely the kids don’t take going to mass a priority when it should be and make going to sports, hanging out with friends and doing other stuff a bigger priority.
The part of this Gospel that stuck out to me was when Jesus said, “‘I will send to them prophets and Apostles;
some of them they will kill and persecute’”. This meant to me that there will be people who will persecute Catholics, but there are always more Catholics coming into the world.
“When Jesus left, the scribes and Pharisees began to act with hostility toward him and to interrogate him about many things, for they were plotting to catch him at something he might say.” I know this is kinda weird but this is what stood out to me. The Pharisees think they can outsmart Jesus the son of God, the King of kings, the lamb holy and without blemish. If you ask me it sounds kinda stupid. Yet, we do the same thing almost every day. I find myself doing it most of the time. But that isn’t what Jesus or God would want they would want us to strive to avoid it.
Good point, Mavrick! I like the humility in your reflection.
He is love straight through and this is what we will be surrounded with and filled up with in the spiritual realm, our heavenly homeland. We have been given an earthly body with a soul, to love with our bodies, our actions and words. I chose it because he is love straight through us and we have been given a earthly body so we can go to heaven. also we have to love our bodies and out actions and words.
I like this Gospel because it feels like the scribes and pharisees wanted to get Jesus in trouble but that just paved the way for Jesus to save us from our sins. The other people like the scribes and pharisees did not love like God but gives us an example of what NOT to do. But Jesus was just trying to teach them to love.
You yourselves did not enter and you stopped those trying to enter.”
I feel like this part is saying how in our generation people break people down and resist trying to get to Heaven. I think it is saying that some people just want to fit in and gossep and make jokes about other people. They want to blend in, and in wanting to blend in they don’t go out of their way to try to get to Heaven. And when they do that, they bring down other people who are actually trying to get to Heaven.
the verse that stuck out to me is You yourselves did not enter and you stopped those trying to enter. This verse stuck out to me because no matter what someone has done or what they look like you can always forgive them and if they are in need to allow them to enter like to be able to talk to you.
All the ends of the earth have seen salvation by our God. Sing joyfully to the LORD, all your land breaks into song and sings praise. what these lines me to me are God rescuing His people and reigning over the world.
one thing that stuck out to me is I will send to them prophets and Apostles some of them will kill and persecute in order that this generation might be charged. to me this says that Jesus loves you and his love may not always be gentle.
I think God is telling me today that I should apologize for anyone being wronged.
God help me to know we all can make the mistake to take care of the less fortunate, and to love even if people don’t deserve it.Help me to know not to get too caught up in sin and that the most important thing we can do is love.
Something that stuck out to me in Mr Goertz´s explanation to the gospel was when he said i have trouble admitting my own faults i just point out others faults. I have the same problem. The truth is, im embarrassed to admit my own feelings and faults. I have a bad habit of making fun of other peoples faults or mistakes. And i pray to Jesus to help me be more aware of my own faults and not judge others.
Yes, I tell you, this generation will be charged with their blood!
Woe to you, scholars of the law!
You have taken away the key of knowledge.
You yourselves did not enter and you stopped those trying to enter.”
That ´ s what stuck out to me You can’t believe in something you don know or you cant force yourself to believe in something u don wanna believe in or don ´ t know.
Something that stuck out to me in Mr Goertz´s explanation to the gospel was when he said i have trouble admitting my own faults i just point out others faults. I have the same problem. The truth is, im embarrassed to admit my own feelings and faults. I have a bad habit of making fun of other peoples faults or mistakes. And i pray to Jesus to help me be more aware of my own faults and not judge others. And to me more like Jesus
When Jesus left, the scribes and Pharisees
began to act with hostility toward him
and to interrogate him about many things,
for they were plotting to catch him at something he might say.
this really stuck out to me cause it telling us to be more like him and its telling us to pray more.
A verse that stuck out to me was “When Jesus left, the scribes and Pharisees
began to act with hostility toward him”. this verse stuck out to me because they gossiping and that is a commandment.
The thing that stuck out to me was you yourself did not enter and you stopped those trying to enter. I think it is trying to say focus on your problem before you try to focus on other peoples problem.
What stuck out me me most was ‘I will send to them prophets and Apostles;
some of them they will kill and persecute’. It stuck out to me because sometimes what God wants us to do seems impossible and hard but that’s what God wants so sometimes you just be brave.
“Yes, I tell you, this generation will be charged with their blood!” This stuck out to me because God is saying that the blood of the holy men, will charge the earth. That is how wicked mankind is.
shed since the foundation of the world. This is what stuck out to me. I have completely no idea what this means and why it stuck out to me, but I was just reading it and I felt that that is what stuck out to me. I think it has something to do with Adam and Eve committing original sin at the beginning of time causing them to shed it on the foundation of the earth, but I could be completely wrong do all I know.
No line really stuck out to me but the thing that I believe God is trying to tell us in this Gospel is always put love above the law. If we put love first we have to worry about being sinful or caring about the law because that love will take of that.
What stuck to me was ”You yourselves did not enter and you stopped those trying to enter.” It stuck out to me because if God is telling you to not let those people in listen because he could be telling that they are bad people. If is is also telling you not to enter listen because you could be putting your life in danger by going inside.
What stuck with me today was “Woe to you, scholars of the law! You have taken away the key of knowledge. You yourselves did not enter and you stopped those trying to enter.” I think God is trying to tell me that when people think too much about unimportant things, they are blocking themselves and others around them from God. We should always try to get ourselves and others to heaven, no matter what.
One line that stood out to me was “You yourselves did not enter and you stopped those trying to enter.” I think this means that you can’t tell someone to do something if you haven’t. Like you you can’t tell someone to pray if you don’t pray yourself.
Today’s scripture told me that our new generations are falling further and further away from God. This just shows that you should stay strong and stay near to God for he has a plan for us.
´´I will send to them prophets and Apostles; some of them they will kill and persecute´´ stood out to me in todays gospel. i think hes saying all the saints will come down on judgement day and be his ¨sword¨. also i think hes saying that they will have to pay for killing the apostles and saints
Something that stuck out to me in today’s gospel is” You yourselves did not enter and you stopped those trying to enter.” To me that means that we didn’t go to God but we are trying to stop others from going to him as well. ”God wants us to go to him and he also wants us to help others get to him, not stop them.
The thing that stuck out to me the most was when it said “yes, I tell you, this generation will be charged with their blood!” im not quite sure what it means though.
I never build a “temple” for God I really never notice if that is important to God or not and if I’m being honest I kinda just sit at home doing nothing but playing.
Jesus is saying your ancestors killed them but you bury them. It is they that should have buried them for they killed them.
Something that stuck out to me was “This is what matters on judgment day, how much did you glorify the Father with your life. This in turn glorifies you and others see you as an other-Christ!” This stuck out to me because i feel that this is what Jesus is trying to say to me and that he did so much for our lives and we should glorify the Father with our lives and we dont most of the time so we should
“When Jesus left, the scribes and Pharisees
began to act with hostility toward him
and to interrogate him about many things,
for they were plotting to catch him at something he might say.”
I think this is saying that after Jesus talked to them they started acting different.
What stuck out to me is specifically this saying “I believe all of us sometimes worry more about the law more than loving others. The reason it stuck out to me is because it tells me to love others and don’t always put your attention to one specific thing and look for other to do rather than to be so focused on one you forget about the other.
“for they were plotting to catch him at something he might say. I do this a lot also so that is why it stood out.
int this reading Jesus is calling out the jews and saduses. for teaching the rong things and keaping the truth from people
In today’s gospel, Jesus talks about how their ancestors have killed the prophets that were sent down, and that they build up from that. Sometimes we do that too. We ignore the gifts given to us by God, and take it for granted or waste it.
“Yes, I tell you, this generation will be charged with their blood!” Jesus’ generation was just as guilty of the crimes their ancestors committed as their ancestors themselves.
Avoiding sin isn’t the only thing we must do as Catholics, but spreading God’s love is just as important as well. These acts of kindness are important when reaching Heaven. We must help others along the path to Heaven, for helping others get to Heaven is the greatest gift we could give back to God as a thank you for all he has done for us.
The people who honor their fathers and the prophets are hypocrites, for they honor the people that their fathers killed. They need to pick a side, because whoever isn’t for Jesus is against him, and those who don’t gather with him scatter. Do they side with their fathers or with God?
“The point Jesus is trying to make to the Pharisees is that they are missing the entire purpose of why God gave us life, to love.” Just because someone doesn’t believe what you believe, has a different skin color, or just doesn’t like what you like doesn’t mean that you shouldn’t still love them. We all bleed red and we are all humans, that’s what I took from this Gospel.
This Gospel Jesus roasts the Pharisees for their poor teaching and holding others back from finding God. The line from this Gospel that I think says the most is “You yourselves did not enter and you stopped those trying to enter.” This is talking about how if you’re going to ignore God and do your own thing, at the very least don’t be like the other Pharisees and bring down others with you. They are respected figures but are hurting society by having poor teachings and leading people away from God. So my takeaway is, always pump people up and keep to yourself with something to tear them down.
I believe all of us sometimes worry more about the law more than loving others. We all can make the mistake of being like the Pharisees. this sentence stuck out to me because you can do something wrong but the forgiveness of God is endless.
I think that in today’s gospel we are being told that we must not go against our faith even if our ancestors or the people around us are saying its stupid. we must stay strong In our faith and not ridicule others even if their beliefs are different than ours we must be kind to them.
In today’s Gospel Jesus talks about how generation before has killed all the prophisices and that made them mad but now they’re doing the same thing.
In today’s Gospel Jesus says how this generation will pay for there blood. I dont understand what that means. Part, of me thinks it means we will pay for there sins. But, I also think it was a metaphorical thing to get the point of sin across.
Jesus says” Hey I like that you like that I like that you like the laws of our people, BUT FOCUS ON YOUR ACTUAL BOND WITH GOD TOO. Tradition is awesomeeeeee, but you still need to get closer and closer and closer to God.” So stop getting caught up in all that laws stuff, and get close to JESUS.
when it says, I believe all of us sometimes worry more about the law more than loving others to me this is saying you should love more than being worried all the time. Always love no matter what they make you mad still love them. God says to never worry.
We have been given an earthly body with a soul, to love with our bodies, our actions and words. Our bodies are driven or animated by the soul. We are made to love others and to go to heaven. So do not be mean to other or cuss so you can go to heaven.Are soul is driven to be closer to Jesus
Jesus gives so many chances and most of the time we don’t listen to him all the way but sometimes we do Wich is good. We need to be like Jesus follow the 10 commandments . We need to be kind and nice to everyone even if they get you annoyed,
“for they were plotting to catch him at something he might say”
what I got from today’s gospel is mostly that God knows when your trying to outsmart him. he knew that the pharisees were trying to find wrong in what Jesus was saying yet they could not because God knew and he told his son.
What stuck out to me in today’s Gospel was”Yes, I tell you, this generation will be charged with their blood!” This is telling us that these generations will be changed by God. You should always keep your faith first because Jesus is amazing.
In today’s Gospel Jesus is talking to the pharisees about throw they pride themselves with what the there ancestors did even though what they did was wrong. We can’t let the actions of others that affect us define us. Unlike the pharisees we can do something different and change what they did. And help others see that you can change, and not to focus on the path.
I’m pretty sure Jesus is calling out all the ones who are against him and saying how they need to change their ways. While the Pharisees think of a way to get back at him for the criticism.
the gospel says that we must have faith in God. If we don’t there will be great loss, and blood shed. So we must trust in God and all his ways, so that we can make it to heaven one
“I will send to them prophets and Apostles” this shows just how much God cares for us. I need to learn from this gospel by following those diciples and listen to them so that i may be able to save others around me.
God is saying that your father died and that you watched it happen and gave consent to your ancestors. They all might be charged with the blood of the prophets.
At the end of the Gospel it says “the scribes and Pharisees began to act with hostility toward him and to interrogate him about many things,for they were plotting to catch him at something he might say.” This is what doubters or deniers of Christ will do or say. We just need to remember our faith and what it means to us and what God means to our lives.
We must fight past the struggles that other humans have caused us. We must be extra strong in our faith to stay loyal to God and follow his will. We should always follow the will of God even when others aren’t.
When confronted with uncomfortable truths the natural human reaction (like the Pharisees) is to attack or deflect the messenger (God). Jesus invites us instead to practice childlike humility and ask whether our own actions draw people closer to God’s grace or build barriers around it. This passage challenges the danger of relying on religious tradition, titles, or heritage while missing God’s active movement in the present. True faith is measured not by how much religious history we honor or rules we memorize but by whether our hearts remain soft and open to God’s correction
In todays gospel, it made me realize that I focus on other people more than myself. I should focus on my faults and how to be better versus focusing on others faults and how they act. Sometimes I judge and criticize people for doing the exact same things I’ve done. As human beings made in the image of Jesus we should forgive others and focus on ourselves.
The part that stuck out to me today in the scripture reflection was how jesus worries that some of us care more about the law and its rules more than our religion
“You yourselves did not enter and you stopped those trying to enter.”
If you cant do something doesn’t mean others cant. God gave you gifts and he gave others some. Share your gifts with others and they can share theirs with you.
What stuck out to me was: You have taken away the key of knowledge. You yourselves did not enter and you stopped those trying to enter. This stuck out to me because I feel like God is telling me to always keep remembering that he is the saver.
the part that stuck out to me was “this generation will be charged with blood” because I think it meant like this generation is killing too much to and at some point we will have to suffer the consequence
the wisdom of God said,
‘I will send to them prophets and Apostles;
some of them they will kill and persecute’
in order that this generation might be charged
with the blood of all the prophets
shed since the foundation of the world.
I think this means to me is that when we do sinful acts, on the day on judgement, we will pay for it.
Something that stuck to me was “You yourselves did not enter and you stopped those trying to enter.” I think this means that if we don’t want to follow the way of God then other people might follow you who are not following Christ. We all need to lead by example so other people will do the same.
one thing that stuck out to me is the phrase “I will send prophets and apostles” what I think this means is that no matter how far away you are from the Lord God eh will always be trying to communicate and reel you back in.
“you yourselves did not enter and you stopped those trying to enter.” This stuck out to me in the gospel today because it shows us that we need to help people to Heaven rather than stopping them from making it to Heaven.
“you yourselves did not enter and you stopped those who are trying to enter”So it sticks out to me because saying if u cant do something then don’t stopped people from doing something that you cant do. Just because maybe it brings you down don’t bring people down with you. God basically don’t be mean to others
In Christ we have redemption by his Blood, the forgiveness of transgressions, in accord with the riches of his grace that he lavished upon us. What I think this gospel is trying to say to me is that Jesus’ blood is very powerful and a single drop can forgive anyone.
the scholars were so caught up trying to catch the bad things Jesus said they couldn’t find the good.
Woe to you, scholars of the law!
You have taken away the key of knowledge.
You yourselves did not enter and you stopped those trying to enter.”
i feel like they are trying to say that you guys know so much but you stop people trying to enter the kingdom of God
Something that stuck out to me was “for they killed them, and you do the building”. I think it stuck out to me because sometimes I feel like I’m suffering the consequences for somebody else’s actions.
“Woe to you, scholars of the law! You have taken away the key of knowledge. You yourselves did not enter and you stopped those trying to enter.” Jesus tells the Pharisees that they’re only focused on the law and on their appearance. When He says that they take away the key of knowledge for others to enter, I think it meant that they were spreading what they were doing or stopping others from following Jesus. This also applies to us, how we can influence others by being an example for them.
I think this means that we should Love others no matter what their sins may be
I think what stood out to me was when the Gospel said “Yes, I tell you, this generation will be charged with their blood!” I think it stood out to me because we are on electronics way to much and we need to spend time with God every day as much as we can.
‘”I will send to them prophets and Apostles;
some of them they will kill and persecute’
in order that this generation might be charged
with the blood of all the prophets.” Is the phrase from the gospel I chose because in the end of this life God will charge us for our sins we have committed against him and heaven unless we reshape our way of life and repent for our sins and future.
¨You yourselves did not enter and you stopped those trying to enter.” This stuck out to me because sometimes we don´t do something or go in somewhere and won´t let someone else. You shouldn´t tell someone to not do something if you haven’t done it yourself.