Gospel: Mark 11:27-33
But shall we say, ‘Of human origin’? they
feared the crowd, for they all thought John really was a prophet. So they said
to Jesus in reply, “We do not know. Then Jesus said to them, “Neither
shall I tell you by what authority I do these things.
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Reflection:
Do you know where the authority of Jesus is coming from? The ruling power during Jesus time wanted to know the origin of His authority. Why were they interested to know? Was it for the reason that their own power base was being threatened by Jesus popularity among the ordinary people?
When our own survival is threatened we normally would do everything within our capacity to defeat the incoming power. Even if the incoming power is doing what is right and noble. We would still do something to defeat it by any means possible.
Such is our flawed self-serving behavior; we don’t want to be upstaged by anyone. We always want to be in front and have the starring role, perhaps this is part of our human insecurity.
Jesus never had any insecurity for He simply did His mission without questioning anyone’s authority. The priority for Jesus was not authority or power it was first and foremost the well- being and interest of the people.
How about you? Do you put so much weight
on authority? Or you just keep on doing what is good without being conscious
with any authority? – Marino J. Dasmarinas
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