Sharing the Word for January 18, 2018

Jan 18, 2018 at 12:00 am

Thursday of the Second Week in Ordinary Time

January 18, 2018

Daily Reading from the USCCB: Mark 3:7-12

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The scribes and Pharisees recede to the background for a while and we see again another recurrent participant in the Gospels: the crowd.

Over and over again Jesus was surrounded by crowds. They came from all over. They almost overwhelmed Jesus. He had to seek refuge in a boat.

There were unclean spirits too, who cried out as He drove them away.

Jesus wanted to be sure that those who came to Him were seeking Him for the right reason: because He was the emissary of God, come to bring salvation to those who came to Him, come to bring the kingdom. Jesus wanted to be known for what He really was, not for what others wanted Him to be.

 

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