Woe to you Corazin!

"Woe to you Corazin! Woe to you Bethsaida!" This is what Jesus said to the people of Corazin and Bethsaida in our gospel today when Jesus found them indifferent and and unrepentant. Repentance is necessary for conversion. Without repentance, conversion is not possible. Conversion is to turn away from the past that is not giving good not only to ourselves as persons but also to the society as a whole. All of us are sinners! Those who negate this already committed the sin of pride. Our renewal happens after becoming aware of our sins. And at least make steps not to do them again.

I think this is the reason why our country is not moving forward. We are not repentant. Much more we become indifferent. Worst when we accept bad things as normal. Our government had been accused of many scandals and it seems that our government doesn't care. Offering a bribe even to the highest official of the land is a sign of impropriety. The bribers are becoming braver. The reason is because our government doesn't show any sign of repentance that it is serious to erradicate graft and corruption. Those accused are simply unmindful and even assigned to higher positions in the government. Woe to us Filipinos for letting this be.

We seemed to have never learned anything at all. We allow these things to happen in front of our very own eyes. Traversing the street and seeing street children begging seems to be normal. Electing corrupt officials again and again is a sign of retardation. Woe to me for I sometimes feel that there is nothing I can do about this.

Hope Jesus can inspire us to really say the words that we need to say and do the things that we really need to do. Jesus was braved enough to shout at the people by saying "Woe to you Corazin! Woe to you Bethsaida! Woe to you Capernaum!" Can anyone from the Church shout as well? Loud enough, to stop these shenanigans in the government.
Woe to me...