{"id":1003,"date":"2020-01-26T18:08:49","date_gmt":"2020-01-26T18:08:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sundayscriptureonline.com\/?p=1003"},"modified":"2020-01-26T18:08:49","modified_gmt":"2020-01-26T18:08:49","slug":"reflection-2-february-2020-the-presentation-of-the-lord","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sundayscriptureonline.com\/?p=1003","title":{"rendered":"Reflection 2 February 2020 The Presentation of the Lord"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Reflection &amp; Dialogue: <em>Jesus the light of the\nworld; a sign that will be rejected<\/em>.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Today\u2019s Scripture readings give ample material for personal\nand communal reflection on matters relating to dialogue with certain sections\nof the society of our own day. One thinks particularly of the word of the\nprophet Simeon to Mary, mother of Jesus, concerning her Son as a sign to be\nspoken against or even rejected. Jesus is the light of the world. He is the\ngood shepherd who came to give life to the individual and the world, and to\ngive it abundantly. He sent forth his apostles, and all his followers, to the\nsalt of the earth and the light of the world. Jesus\u2019 teaching and general\nmessage is held in high regard today, even by many who believe neither in the\nChurch nor even in God. But even during his own lifetime, and throughout Church\nhistory and in our own day there is often expressed a venomous hatred of the\nChurch, her teaching, with efforts being made to remove her influence in public\nlife. While it can be granted that the scandals within the Church are part of\nthis opposition and hatred, quite often these are only taken as an excuse to\noppose revealed teaching and the Church\u2019s loyalty to Christ. While all sin,\npast and present, within the Church must be admitted and regretted, at the same\ntime it is good to recall that Jesus himself was a sign to be spoken against or\neven rejected, and his followers should be prepared for similar treatment.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Reflection &amp; Dialogue: Jesus the light of the world; a sign that will be rejected. Today\u2019s Scripture readings give ample material for personal and communal reflection on matters relating to &hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1003","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-reflections"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sundayscriptureonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1003","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sundayscriptureonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sundayscriptureonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sundayscriptureonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sundayscriptureonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1003"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/sundayscriptureonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1003\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1004,"href":"https:\/\/sundayscriptureonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1003\/revisions\/1004"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sundayscriptureonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1003"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sundayscriptureonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1003"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sundayscriptureonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1003"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}