Excerpt of todays Scripture Reflection by Archbishop William Goh. 24 January 2015, Saturday, 2nd Week in Ordinary Time SCRIPTURE READINGS: HEB 9:2 -14; MK 3:20 – 21 ...Surely they must have heard how Jesus left His mother to become an itinerant preacher and healer, moving without a proper place to stay, and no financial security to boot. Furthermore, He was challenging the religious and cultural traditions of the day, especially in the observance of the Sabbath Law, forgiving sins in the place of God, eating and drinking with sinners, which bordered on heresy. He even touched the lepers, something so disgusting, risky and imprudent to do in His time. But isn’t this the way we feel too, when we seriously try to live out the gospel values and are ostracized? We know of many people who have given up their lucrative careers or businesses to devote themselves entirely to the service of the poor, the marginalized, or join the priesthood or religious life. Such actions would have been considered unwise and stupid even, not to say irresponsible, by the world. The world does not know Jesus and have never experienced the joy of loving Him and His people, and so will never be able to understand the actions and life options of these people... - See more at: csctr.net/reflections#sthash.wotmkfDO.dpuf
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