Gospel: Mark 7:24-30
Jesus went to the district of Tyre. He entered
a house and wanted no one to know about it, but he could not escape notice.
Soon a woman whose daughter had an unclean spirit heard about him. She came and
fell at his feet. The woman was a Greek, a Syrophoenician by birth, and she
begged him to drive the demon out of her daughter. He said to her, “Let the
children be fed first. For it is not right to take the food of the children and
throw it to the dogs.” She replied and said to him, “Lord, even the dogs under
the table eat the children’s scraps.” Then he said to her, “For saying this,
you may go. The demon has gone out of your daughter.” When the woman went home,
she found the child lying in bed and the demon gone.
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Reflection:
Does
Jesus favor a certain group of people? No, Jesus doesn’t not have a chosen
group of people. Jesus came into this world not to save a select group of
people but for everyone of us: Sinner, non-sinner and Christians and non-Christians
alike.
In the
gospel, a Greek woman, a non-Jew and an outsider went to Jesus to beg for
healing for her daughter. What did Jesus do? He tested the faith of the woman
and when He saw her great faith Jesus granted her request for healing for her
daughter.
What does
this tell us about Jesus? He is for everyone of us regardless who we are and
the sins that we have committed. What is important is we humbly go to Him and
reach out to Him with faith. For if we have faith nothing is impossible for
Him, Jesus would grant us what we want from Him for as long as we have faith.
Do you
want Jesus to do miracles in your life? Humbly beseech Him and don’t be shy.
Simply trust Him and simply abandon yourself to Him. In His own perfect time,
He will give you your heart’s desire. Simply
believe and have faith. - Marino J. Dasmarinas
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