Leviticus 23:1, 4-11, 15-16, 27, 34-37 / Matthew 13:54-58
The ways of man are so different from the ways of God.
And the choice of man is also so different from the choice of God.
In the eyes of man, when a person has a social status, academic qualifications, has a reputable profession, then that person is held in high esteem.
And in the eyes of man, the lowly, the poor, the simple and the humble, would just have to remain down there.
But the ways and the thoughts of God are as high as the heavens are above the earth, and as far apart as the east is from the west.
In the gospel, Jesus came to His hometown where He taught the people in their synagogue in such a way that they were astonished.
They asked questions like where did Jesus get that wisdom and those miraculous powers.
In the minds and the thoughts of the people, a carpenter will always be a carpenter and nothing else higher, and much less a prophet.
And because of these presumptions, the people could not hear the prophetic voice of God.
Let us remember that God favours the lowly, the poor, the humble and the simple.
And it is through them that He speaks. May we have the ears to listen to the prophetic voice.