Gospel: Mark 6:1-6
Jesus departed from there and came to his
native place, accompanied by his disciples. When the sabbath came he began to
teach in the synagogue, and many who heard him were astonished. They said,
“Where did this man get all this? What kind of wisdom has been given him? What
mighty deeds are wrought by his hands! Is he not the carpenter, the son of
Mary, and the brother of James and Joseph and Judas and Simon? And are not his
sisters here with us?” And they took offense at him. Jesus said to them, “A
prophet is not without honor except in his native place and among his own kin
and in his own house.” So he was not able to perform any mighty deed there, apart
from curing a few sick people by laying his hands on them. He was amazed at
their lack of faith.
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Reflection:
Was Jesus expecting to be treated like a
powerful celebrity when He went back to His hometown? No, because it was not in
His character to flaunt Himself. As much as possible Jesus wanted to be treated
like an ordinary person, never did He desire publicity and recognition. Jesus did
miracles without any fanfare and hype and we attribute this to His humility. What disheartened Jesus was His town mates lack
of faith.
Let us think about us as individuals, don’t
we desire recognition and don’t we crave to be listened? We love it the moment we hear people recognizing
the things that we do and this is due to our yearning to satisfy our bloated
egos. Isn’t possible for us to be humble and low profile like Jesus?
As we do good things or anything that we do
for God let us not seek to be recognized let us simply fade away. Let us not
seek adulation for those who crave adulation are also abandoned like a hot
potato. Those who crave for admiration ultimately ends up in disgrace.
Let us not be disheartened if we will not
be recognized or honored for these are just temporal honor/s given by temporal
humans like us. In everything let us seek the humility of Jesus, Let us seek
the silent recognition of Jesus rather than the noisy and temporal recognition of
this world. – Marino J. Dasmarinas
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