Romans 8:31-39 / Luke 13:31-35
One of the unpleasant experiences of life is when friendship turn sour.
Not only friendships can turn sour, a friend can turn into a foe over a trivial matter.
But for a foe to turn into friend, that is certainly not easy to come by.
In the gospel, it seems that some Pharisees came to warn Jesus of the hostile intentions of Herod.
Were their intentions good, or were there other ulterior motives that only those Pharisees know about?
Whatever it might be, Jesus was not too concerned. He knows that friends can easily turn into foes, and it is not that easy for foes to become friends.
We too need not be too worried or anxious as to whether our friends will suddenly betray us and turn into our foes.
And even when our foes suddenly become nice and friendly towards us, we will certainly need to be wary.
Whatever the case might be, the 1st reading tells us that with God on our side, who can be against us?
Moreover, there is nothing that can come between us and the love of Christ. Christ is more than just a faithful friend. He is our Saviour. In Him is our refuge and our shelter. May we also be just as faithful to Him.