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Theo Tigno•
1/17/2007 11:10 am
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Wednesday, January 17th 2007 |
Mark 3:1-6
Jesus entered the synagogue. There was a man there who had a withered hand. They watched Jesus closely to see if he would cure him on the sabbath so that they might accuse him. He said to the man with the withered hand, "Come up here before us." Then he said to the Pharisees, "Is it lawful to do good on the sabbath rather than to do evil, to save life rather than to destroy it?" But they remained silent. Looking around at them with anger and grieved at their hardness of heart, Jesus said to the man, "Stretch out your hand." He stretched it out and his hand was restored. The Pharisees went out and immediately took counsel with the Herodians against him to put him to death.
Dawg's thought:
Today's prayer intention is for those who have no home during this harsh winter season, that they may find a place of hospitality to keep them sheltered from the cold.
"I can't give you any food because I don't have enough."
"I can't give birth to you because me and your father don't love each other."
"I can't heal you because it's the Sabbath."
Put yourself in the place of the man with the withered hand for a moment. You heard about Him, Jesus Christ. He's been healing people, casting demons out of people, and now here you stand before Him.
We have the Sabbath for our own good. The "day of rest" is God being merciful to us. We can never lose sight of that. We stand before God with "withered souls" that need rest. We should never lose sight of His mercy through this wonderful command.
If we deny mercy, then, are we mindful that God is merciful to us? When we deny mercy, we deny who we are, being made in His "image and likeness." We deny that He has shown us mercy through His Most Beautiful Passion and Death, and through His wonderful commands.
If we are merciful, then, how much more will we know God's presence working in us and through us? How much more will understand what it means to be "Christ's hands and feet?" How much more will we be like Christ in today's reading? Take care and God Bless.
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