Commentary
What
Should We Do?
The
Gospel for this 3rd Sunday of Advent continues with the
preaching of John the Baptist in Luke that we began last week.
John's
proclamation that “all flesh shall see the salvation of our God”
and the invitation to prepare the way of the Lord had drawn people to
him. In response to John's preaching, they asked, “What should we
do?”
His
response is two-fold. First, everybody only needs to do what is
proper to their state of life and their responsibility. This is true
even to those whose jobs were considered immoral or less than noble
at the time. Tax collectors and soldiers were then agents of an
illegitimate government. Yet, they also could do what was just.
Second,
John calls all to share with others. “Whoever
has two cloaks should share with the person who has none. And
whoever has food should do likewise.”
In
this way, John prepared the way for the One who is mightier than he,
who comes to build a Kingdom of justice, peace, mercy and love.
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