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Jesus is asked to make sense of the tragic events that happen in his day. Such events are part and parcel of every age. In response, Jesus tells the parable of the man with the fig tree. It has produced no fruit, but the labourer pleads that it be given an opportunity for one more year, while he digs around it and manures it. We too are being given an opportunity in the tragic events that are being presented to us on a daily basis! The second reading on Sunday (from St Paul to the Corinthians) recounts how the Israelites were taken out of Egypt and nourished by the Lord on spiritual food. But they failed to respond in a way that pleased the Lord and they were struck down. St Paul says that this is an example to us that “we might not desire evil things”. The parable of the fig tree, similarly, challenges us to respond in the right way to the difficult challenges that face us.
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