Archbishop Thabo Makgoba
Provincial Youth Consultation – ‘Message of Motivation’
11 September 2010
[Reflection around Lk 6:43-49, set for Eucharist of the Day – therefore, either begin with:
There could hardly be a better place to start these reflections than with this morning’s Eucharist Gospel Reading …
OR, if they chose their own readings:
Preparing for these reflections, I looked at the Lectionary readings for today, and found that there could hardly be a better place to begin than with the Gospel set for the Eucharist …
And for either, continue:
So let me just read it to you [again]:
Lk 6:43-49
Jesus said to the crowds, ‘No good tree bears bad fruit, nor again does a bad tree bear good fruit; for each tree is known by its own fruit. Figs are not gathered from thorns, nor are grapes picked from a bramble bush. The good person out of the good treasure of the heart produces good, and the evil person out of evil treasure produces evil; for it is out of the abundance of the heart that the mouth speaks. ‘Why do you call me “Lord, Lord”, and do not do what I tell you? I will show you what someone is like who comes to me, hears my words, and acts on them. That one is like a man building a house, who dug deeply and laid the foundation on rock; when a flood arose, the river burst against that house but could not shake it, because it had been well built. But the one who hears and does not act is like a man who built a house on the ground without a foundation. When the river burst against it, immediately it fell, and great was the ruin of that house.’ One of the most wonderful aspects of Scripture is that it has something that resonates with all of us, no matter what our personality.
