![]() It seems to me that, far too often today, the constant insistence on listening is used as a means of avoiding the task of telling the truth to those who are likely to tell us to shut up and get lost. ![]() If we’re honest Christians, listening to others is not an endless process which enables us to put off forever the effort to preach Christ and Him crucified, but merely an act of love for the purpose of finding out how best to acquaint them with the Gospel and the Church. My point here is that the entire weight of Scripture, the Fathers, the Doctors of the Church, and the Saints is on our need to listen to and announce the Good News of Jesus Christ. By this we know the spirit of truth and the spirit of error.” Whoever knows God listens to us, and he who is not of God does not listen to us. Has not God chosen those who are poor in the world to be rich in faith and heirs of the kingdom which he has promised to those who love him?”ġ Jn 4:5-6: “They are of the world, therefore what they say is of the world, and the world listens to them. Jn 10:20: “Many of them said, ‘He has a demon, and he is mad why listen to him?’”Īcts 13:16: “So Paul stood up, and motioning with his hand said: ‘Men of Israel, and you that fear God, listen.’”Īcts 16:25: “But about midnight Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns to God, and the prisoners were listening to them….”Īcts 28:28: “Let it be known to you then that this salvation of God has been sent to the Gentiles they will listen.”ġ Cor 14: “In the law it is written, ‘By men of strange tongues and by the lips of foreigners will I speak to this people, and even then they will not listen to me, says the Lord.’”Ģ Tim 3-4: “…but having itching ears they will accumulate for themselves teachers to suit their own likings, and will turn away from listening to the truth and wander into myths.” Lk 9:35: “And a voice came out of the cloud, saying, ‘This is my Son, my Chosen listen to him!” Mt 10:14: “And if any one will not receive you or listen to your words, shake off the dust from your feet as you leave that house or town.” As a simple demonstration, I will quote ten examples at random: The word “listen”, along with its variants, appears in thirty-three New Testament verses. Paul, whom Our Lord commissioned “as one untimely born” to be a special apostle to the Gentiles. ![]() But you will seldom (or, more likely, never) hear the word “listen” used that way by Jesus Christ, His apostles, His evangelists, or St. Of course, I would not deny the importance of listening to others, especially when they have grievances.
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