Move on despite misunderstandings

That’s the lesson we can learn from that gospel episode where Christ, preaching in the synagogue in his hometown of Nazareth, left the people more in disbelief than in amazement. (Lk 4,16-30) “Is this not the son of Joseph?” they asked. To which Christ could only say, “Amen, I say to you, no prophet is accepted in his own native place.”

- Fr. Roy Cimagala

But Christ did not make a big issue out of this. He just talked a little about similar cases in the past when those who believed in God-sent prophets, received favors of healing from above rather than those who did not believe the prophets whom they regarded as just one among them. And after this, Christ moved on to continue with his mission.

If we want to follow Christ and to be faithful in our Christian identity and mission, we should expect also be regarded in the same way Christ and the prophets of old were regarded. But this should not deter us from pursuing what we are supposed to do. We just have to move on and not mind so much whatever sting some misunderstanding we can encounter along the way.