Gospel for January 28, 2014, Tuesday 3rd Week in Ordinary Time Thomas Aquinas Psalter: Week 3 Ps 24:7, 8, 9, 10 Who is this king of glory? It is the Lord! 1st Reading: 2 S 6:12b–15, 17–19 King David was told that Yahweh had blessed the family of Obededom and all that belonged to him because of the Ark of God, so he went to bring up the Ark of God from the house of Obededom to the city of David, rejoicing. After those who carried the Ark of Yahweh had walked six paces, they sacrificed an ox and a fattened calf. David whirled round dancing with all his heart before Yahweh, wearing a linen ephod, for he and all the Israelites brought up the Ark of Yahweh, shouting joyfully and sounding the horn. They brought in the Ark of Yahweh and laid it in its place, in the tent which David had pitched for it. Then David offered burnt and peace offerings before Yahweh. Once the offerings had been made, David blessed the people in the name of Yahweh of Hosts, and distributed to each of them, to each man and woman of the entire assembly of Israel, a loaf of bread, a portion of meat and a raisin cake. With this, all the people left for their homes. Gospel: Mk 3:31–35 Then his mother and his brothers came. As they stood outside, they sent someone to call him. The crowd sitting around Jesus told him, “Your mother and your brothers are outside asking for you.” He replied, “Who are my mother and my brothers?” And looking around at those who sat there, he said, “Here are my mother and my brothers. Whoever does the will of God is brother and sister and mother to me.” REFLECTION Our significant relations extend our reach to other people. Their own network of relationships could be ours too especially if they facilitate our entry into them. Yet they also tend to limit our social space especially if they think they have the first right to our time and presence more than the others. And so Jesus situates the nature of His relationship with His family. It is not by blood relationship but by something deeper, kinship in a common obedience to the will of the one Father of all in heaven. And so, everyone has the right to His person and time. Nobody is above the rest because people of goodwill are mothers and brothers of Jesus and of one another. abs-cbnnews/daily-gospel/01/27/14/gospel-january-28-2014-tuesday
Posted on: Tue, 28 Jan 2014 11:11:10 +0000
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