Baruch 1:15-22 / Luke 10:13-16
Before any accident or disaster happens, usually there will be warning signs.
But those warning signs can be ignored and dismissed as just odd occurrences.
When the warning signs are not heeded, then there will be consequences.
And then it will be too late to think about those earlier warning signs and why no attention was paid to them.
So, in the final analysis, it comes down to the human factor, that human beings were not sensitive to those warning signs.
In the 1st reading, the prophet Baruch lamented about the tragedy that had fallen upon God’s people.
But he proclaims the integrity of the Lord God and also the shame of the people.
Baruch confessed that the people have sinned in the sight of the Lord, have disobeyed Him, and have not listened to the voice of the Lord God.
Hence, the people deserved the punishment of the disasters and tragedies that have fallen upon them.
In the gospel, Jesus warned the prosperous towns of Chorazin and Capernaum. Those two towns now lay in ruins.
Let us listen to the Word of God and let us look at the signs around us.
May we be able to see and listen to what the Lord our God is telling us and be saved from disasters and tragedies.