Gospel: Mark 3:22-30
The scribes who had come from Jerusalem
said of Jesus, “He is possessed by Beelzebul,” and “By the prince of demons he
drives out demons.” Summoning them, he began to speak to them in parables “How
can Satan drive out Satan? If a kingdom is divided against itself, that kingdom
cannot stand. And if a house is divided against itself that house will not be
able to stand. And if Satan has risen up against himself and is divided he
cannot stand; that is the end of him. But no one can enter a strong man’s house
to plunder his property unless he first ties up the strong man. Then he can
plunder his house. Amen, I say to you, all sins and all blasphemies that people
utter will be forgiven them. But whoever blasphemes against the Holy Spirit will
never have forgiveness, but is guilty of an everlasting sin. For they had said,
“He has an unclean spirit.
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Reflection:
What is the antidote to evil possession or
who can defeat the devil? It’s no other than Jesus only Jesus can defeat the
devil. As time progress the devil also progresses; before we only attribute the
presence of the devil to evil possession.
But
not anymore today! The devil of today doesn’t only present itself by way of
evil possession. It presents itself in manifold ways such as: greed, lust
enslavement to the modernity of time and so forth. Who can defeat the devil
today? It’s still Jesus the same Jesus that defeated the devil in our gospel.
Jesus doesn’t change He is the same Jesus
yesterday, today and tomorrow. His power to defeat the devil is still present today
as it was present yesterday. But do we allow Jesus to dwell in our lives? Do we
still have time for Him in this era of high-technology and high-definition
gadgets?
We must at all times give time for Jesus so
that we could always ward off the devil from our midst. If you always have Jesus
in your life you give no room for the devil to dwell in your life.
Do you give time for Jesus? – Marino
J. Dasmarinas
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