Gospel:
Mark 1:21-28
Jesus
came to Capernaum with his followers, and on the sabbath he entered the
synagogue and taught. The people were astonished at his teaching, for he taught
them as one having authority and not as the scribes. In their synagogue was a
man with an unclean spirit; he cried out, "What have you to do with us,
Jesus of Nazareth? Have you come to destroy us? I know who you are–the Holy One
of God!" Jesus rebuked him and said, "Quiet! Come out of him!" The
unclean spirit convulsed him and with a loud cry came out of him. All were
amazed and asked one another, "What is this? A new teaching with
authority. He commands even the unclean spirits and they obey him." His
fame spread everywhere throughout the whole region of Galilee.
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Reflection:
There’s a
story of a man who was trying very hard to straighten his life. He would often
say to himself that he would not womanize anymore. But he would always fall
down and succumb to the enticement of the devil. This became a vicious cycle
for him: He would promise to himself not to hurt his wife only to fall once
again.
Evil
possession is a reality of life it is always there hovering around waiting for
the right moment to pounce on us. Evil possession is also not solely limited
through diabolical possession. It now hides itself through our ego or high
sense of self and through our other undesirable motives, thoughts and actions.
Very
clearly we have in the gospel the one who can defeat the devil and it’s no
other than Jesus. By His authority Jesus drove out the evil spirit possessing
the man. And it is also surprising that the evil spirit knew who Jesus was. This simply means that Jesus was marked as
their number one enemy for He alone can defeat them permanently.
Jesus is
still the same today as He was yesterday and as He shall be in the future. The
evil spirit still trembles before His presence; He is our sole antidote to
Satan’s evil scheming. Let us therefore hear His voice crying out for us and
let us not harden our hearts for Him. Instead let us open our hearts to Him.
Do you
hear the voice of Jesus and would you open your heart to Him? – Marino J.
Dasmarinas
2 comments:
Thank you for your good and easy to understand the refmection is.. God bkess you po!🙏
My pleasure and God bless you too.
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