Gospel: Mark
12:35-37
As Jesus
was teaching in the temple area he said, “How do the scribes claim that the
Christ is the son of David? David himself, inspired by the Holy Spirit, said: The
Lord said to my lord, ‘Sit at my right hand until I place your enemies under
your feet. David himself calls him ‘lord’ so how is he his son? The great crowd
heard this with delight.
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Reflection:
Who is the savior of your life? For many of us our
savior is money, there are even those who cannot function properly without
money. This is so because they rested their lives already on money. Yet money
is not the savior, money may even become our passport to hell.
The real savior is Jesus Christ He is the one referred
to as the son of David. Jesus family line connects backward to King David,
through Joseph’s acceptance of his responsibility as the foster father of Jesus
and by flesh and blood through the Blessed Mother.
The word Son of David means savior, this is
the reason why many times in the New Testament Jesus was addressed as the Son
of David. For example, the woman whose daughter was possessed by a demon
(Matthew 15:22), the two blind men (Matthew 20:30). The poor blind man Bartimaeus
(Mark 10:47), all of them called Jesus Son of David. They did this for they
knew beforehand that Jesus was the promised Messiah or Savior.
How about us? Do we know something about Jesus? Do we
know that Jesus can help us in every aspect of our lives? Do we know that Jesus
can also make miracles in our lives?
Let us strive
to discover and know more about Jesus. Let us invite Him to come into our lives.
– Marino J. Dasmarinas
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