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:
Why do
you follow Jesus? Many were pressing themselves towards Jesus because of His
healing touch. Do you also follow Jesus for the reason of the miracles that you
can get from Him? But it’s not all the time that Jesus would heal you. There
would be times that you will still be sick no matter how hard you push yourself towards Jesus.
Let us
not lose faith in Jesus even if He doesn’t heal us physically He has His own
reasons. Perhaps it’s a test of our faith; perhaps Jesus wants us to journey
with Him in His suffering towards Calvary. The more that healing seems elusive
that more that we must intensely follow Jesus.
How about
the miraculous healings of Jesus? Does Jesus wants His miraculous healings
publicized? No! Jesus would never want publicity from His miracles and healings.
The more that His actions are unknown the more the He likes it, the more that
He is not given credit the more that He appreciates it.
This is
attributed to Jesus’ Humility and Self-effacing behavior. Let us therefore
forget about prestige and honor and let us not fret if we are not given honor
for the things that we do. It’s already enough that we do silent acts of
kindness with no one noticing it.
Would you
want to emulating the humility and self-effacing attitude of Jesus? - Marino J.
Dasmarinas
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