SEVENTEENTH MEDITATION FOR LENT
And he sent messengers before his face: and going, they entered into a city of the Samaritans, to prepare for him. And they received him not, because his face was of one going to Jerusalem. (Luke 9:52-53)
What are our sentiments about these unhappy Samaritans? What happiness for them, if they had known who it was who presented Himself before their gate, and to whom they refused entrance into their city! But what were the sentiments of the Heart of Jesus Christ, when His disciples reported to Him in what manner they had been treated and the contempt which they had shown to His Person! But these wretched people had not been alone; there have been at all times people who have refused the disciples of Jesus Christ entry into their towns and who have even driven out Jesus Christ Himself. Indeed, this has happened at various times down the ages in most countries that were once Christian. Would that He were then less badly received by the rest of Christians, a little more loved, and treated with less indignity by those who receive Him!
[From 'The Devotion to the Sacred Heart of Jesus' by Fr. John Croiset, SJ]
What are our sentiments about these unhappy Samaritans? What happiness for them, if they had known who it was who presented Himself before their gate, and to whom they refused entrance into their city! But what were the sentiments of the Heart of Jesus Christ, when His disciples reported to Him in what manner they had been treated and the contempt which they had shown to His Person! But these wretched people had not been alone; there have been at all times people who have refused the disciples of Jesus Christ entry into their towns and who have even driven out Jesus Christ Himself. Indeed, this has happened at various times down the ages in most countries that were once Christian. Would that He were then less badly received by the rest of Christians, a little more loved, and treated with less indignity by those who receive Him!
[From 'The Devotion to the Sacred Heart of Jesus' by Fr. John Croiset, SJ]
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