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:
Do you
favor the powerful?
We
normally converge with those who have power: Politicians, powerful government
officials and healers. Nothings wrong with it for that’s our nature as humans
we gravitate towards the powerful. What if they’re not in power anymore would
we still gravitate towards them?
In our
gospel Jesus is treated like a rock star people from all over the place were
flocking to Him. For what reason? It was for his healing power. What if He had
no power to heal? Of course there would be no pursuers or fans.
In the
infancy of Jesus’ ministry hundreds up to thousands would follow because He had
that power to heal, to speak wondrously and the like. But towards the end when
He was about to be crucified the thousands evaporated like a dew in the morning.
Are we
like that, we side with those who are in power but when they’re not powerful
anymore we drop them like a hot potato? It should not be like that with our
walk with Jesus, in good times and in bad we should always remain with Jesus. –
Marino J. Dasmarinas
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