Gospel: Mark
3:7-12
Jesus
withdrew toward the sea with his disciples. A large number of people followed
from Galilee and from Judea. Hearing what he was doing, a large number of
people came to him also from Jerusalem, from Idumea, from beyond the Jordan, and
from the neighborhood of Tyre and Sidon. He told his disciples to have a boat
ready for him because of the crowd, so that they would not crush him. He had
cured many and, as a result, those who had diseases were pressing upon him to
touch him. And whenever unclean spirits saw him they would fall down before him
and shout, “You are the Son of God.” He warned them sternly not to make him
known.
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Reflection:
Do you
believe in the saying, to see is to believe?
Large
number of people from Galilee, Judea, Jerusalem, Idulmea, Jordan, Tyre and Sidon
were following Jesus because of the physical and spiritual healing that He has
done for them. And after experiencing healing from Jesus they surely would
spread it through word of mouth and by other means.
This kind
of situation is no different in our time right now. Whenever we hear that
someone heals in the name of Jesus it immediately goes viral, it spread and
soon after populate the internet world. And naturally we would all go there (if
we could) and see and experience it for ourselves as they say: “To see is to
believe.” We therefore go to see and once we see it as if on cue we would now
immediately believe.
On the
other hand there’s that silent majority who follow Jesus not because of His
miracles and healings. They follow Him for the simple reason that they feel it
in their hearts their need for Jesus, immaterial of His miracles and healings.
It doesn’t even matter if he would be able to heal or not. They follow already
for their love and thirst for Jesus.
The ideal
and true followers are those who follow even without experiencing miracles. Are
you one of those? Or you still need to see and feel a miracle before you follow
Jesus. – Marino J. Dasmarinas
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