4th Sunday in Ordinary Time: Hearts Turned against Jesus

In today's shocking Gospel we see Jesus's fellow townspeople at one moment looking at him with delight and admiration and one moment later infuriated and wanting to do him violence. Their hearts turned against Jesus. Each one of us, fallen as we are, have desires for the good and also the capacity to resist the good. When we feel this resistance and an awareness of our sinfulness it's important that we do what the faithful of Israel did -- bringing their sinful hearts to Jesus, who came to bring healing and liberation for his poor.