Ord.Wk 3rd: Tuesday 24th January, 2023 January 24, 2023
Reflection on the WORD
Divine Mystery: In today’s Gospel, while Jesus was Teaching, His mother came to look for Him. He replied, “My mother and brothers are those who do the Will of God. In saying this, Jesus revealed His identity as the Messiah, but many still reject Him. Ponder on: Do we live our true identity as: a child of God, a disciple of Jesus, and a temple of the Holy Spirit?
Mark 3:31-35
The mother and brothers of Jesus arrived and, standing outside, sent in a message asking for him. A crowd was sitting round him at the time the message was passed to him, ‘Look, your mother and brothers and sisters are outside asking for you.’
He replied, ‘Who are my mother and my brothers?’ And looking at those sitting in a circle round him, he said, ‘Here are my mother and my brothers. Anyone who does the will of God, that person is my brother and sister and mother.’
Today's Pointers on God's Word
As you read the passage what words, phases or meanings caught your attention?
- · Jesus emphasized that all those who live out God’s Words in their lives and obey His Father’s Will are closest to Him and are considered to be in His family.
- · Through such Truth, Jesus is presenting a new and radical view of how we as Christian believers are united as one universal family – bonded by God’s Words, Work and Truth.
- · Reflect on this Truth further and see how our own family is an “extended” family within this one universal family of the People of God and the Church.