13th Week of Ordinary Time C – Tuesday
These scriptures present us with powerful images of divine mercy, obedience, trust, and God’s calling to us to be faithful and loyal to Him. In Genesis, we witness God's mercy in rescuing Lot and his family from destruction, guiding them away from the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah. Yet, the story also warns us about looking back—Lot’s wife’s tragic glance back towards Sodom turned her into a pillar of salt, symbolizing the peril of longing for past sins or attachments that hinder our spiritual progress. How many times do we look back? Our Lord reminds us in other parts of the gospel that when God calls us we need to be a people of vision looking forward. In fact, Jesus used very serious language when he says that “no one who sets his hands to the plough and looks back is fit for the Kingdom of God.