Subject: Daily Gospel Reading - Thursday, January 24, 2013
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| Weekday Gospel Reflection |
| Thursday in the Second Week of Ordinary Time |
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7 Jesus withdrew to the sea with his disciples, and a great multitude followed him from Galilee, from Judea, 8 from Jerusalem, from Idumaea, beyond the Jordan, and those from around Tyre and Sidon. A great multitude, hearing what great things he did, came to him. 9 He spoke to his disciples that a little boat should stay near him because of the crowd, so that they wouldn’t press on him. 10 For he had healed many, so that as many as had diseases pressed on him that they might touch him. 11 The unclean spirits, whenever they saw him, fell down before him, and cried, “You are the Son of God!” 12 He sternly warned them that they should not make him known. |
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Mark 3:7-12 - World English Bib |
| This passage from Mark summarized many of the themes the evangelist developed about Jesus; he had power in word and act. The Lord's fame grew with the mixed audience that came to see him, from as far south as the Jews from the Idumean desert and as far west as Gentile coast cities of Tyre and Sidon. So many sought to hear his teaching, he had to speak from a boat just offshore. He healed the sick and performed exorcisms, even driving demons to silence. Mark heightened the aura of power Jesus had through his gospel; the Savior revealed God on earth. How have the Word and activity of God caught your attention this week? |
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