Daily Walk in the Catechism

197. Why do not all who hear the Gospel believe in Jesus as their Lord?

Many people reject the Gospel and resist the Holy Spirit.

Matthew 23:37 O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, the city that kills the prophets and stones those who are sent to it! How often would I have gathered your children together as a hen gathers her brood under her wings, and you were not willing!

Acts 7:51 You stiff-necked people, uncircumcised in heart and ears, you always resist the Holy Spirit. As you fathers did, so do you.

Read Matthew 22:1-10 or Luke 14:16-24, where the guests invited to the feast refuse to come.

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