Foolish Fools

Today’s Gospel Text:  Then the disciples came and said to him, "Why do you speak to them in parables?" 11 And he answered them, "To you it has been given to know the secrets of the kingdom of heaven, but to them it has not been given. 12 For to him who has will more be given, and he will have abundance; but from him who has not, even what he has will be taken away. 13 This is why I speak to them in parables, because seeing they do not see, and hearing they do not hear, nor do they understand. 14 With them indeed is fulfilled the prophecy of Isaiah which says: 'You shall indeed hear but never understand, and you shall indeed see but never perceive.  15 For this people's heart has grown dull, and their ears are heavy of hearing, and their eyes they have closed, lest they should perceive with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and understand with their heart, and turn for me to heal them.' 16 But blessed are your eyes, for they see, and your ears, for they hear. 17 Truly, I say to you, many prophets and righteous men longed to see what you see, and did not see it, and to hear what you hear, and did not hear it. Matt 13:10-17

Reflection: To make fool of people or to fool the people is one and the same.

Many experts and trainers do that; they use the gift of their gab to fool people with half truth.

The most surprising part is that people do get fooled and get carried away by the such crooked nobility of apparently sincere men and women.

History is replete with examples of such Characters who have led their own generation astray, only to be condemned by subsequent generations, who walk in the same folly in their own generation.

What do you call such stupidity of men in their own generation, who think their learning and their intellect and study makes them wise.

To prod them on, the world dishes out its wisdom to them, such as these; "failure is a stepping stone to success." How can failure due to absolute stupidity and foolishness be a stepping stone, if not to pride and self-conceit?

How can you explain this phenomenon in men of every age; believe in the lie, more than the truth?

This could be the reason why Jesus presents to them the pure truth of the parable in a covert way. The parable is all truth and there is a mystery about it; a store house of truth which needs to be explored and discovered, What is more, it comes to us in many dimensions, 

Those who dwell on it with God's help are richly blessed into penetrating the mystery and can multiply  their blessings according to their perseverance.

Prayer: Lord, I thank you for your love for us,  that you allow us to enter into the depth of your mysteries and saving grace.

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