He is out of his mind
Published Jan 21, 2023 12:05 am
REFLECTIONS TODAY
In our jobs, there are certain days when we feel like we get swarmed by too much work, things to accomplish piling one on top of another, and we do not even have time to eat or at least enjoy what we eat.
In church ministry, this can also happen: on certain days we are just too busy we could hardly breathe, even literally.
Jesus apparently also had those days when there was just too much to do, too many people to heal, to preach to, to drive evil spirits from.
And so after a while, people think we are going crazy, and we really do if we can no longer have time to eat. But some people who go through that experience do not seem to be concerned they might just get crazy.
Most probably, Jesus was never concerned about getting hungry, or getting crazy, because of his desire to minister to numerous people in need. And so we might say we can somehow be “allowed” to get crazy over something at times, just like the saints who, for the love of God, endured sleepless nights, days without food, endless trials and difficulties without being utterly destroyed or broken.
It was their love for God, for Jesus, that sustained them in their “craziness.” What is that thing you are “crazy” about now?
FIRST READING • Heb 9:2-3, 11-14
A tabernacle was constructed, the outer one, in which were the lampstand, the table, and the bread of offering; this is called the Holy Place. Behind the second veil was the tabernacle called the Holy of Holies.
But when Christ came as high priest of the good things that have come to be, passing through the greater and more perfect tabernacle not made by hands, that is, not belonging to this creation, he entered once for all into the sanctuary, not with the blood of goats and calves but with his own Blood, thus obtaining eternal redemption.
For if the blood of goats and bulls and the sprinkling of a heifer’s ashes can sanctify those who are defiled so that their flesh is cleansed, how much more will the Blood of Christ, who through the eternal spirit offered himself unblemished to God, cleanse our consciences from dead works to worship the living God.
Gospel • Mark 3:20-21
Jesus came with his disciples into the house. Again the crowd gathered, making it impossible for them even to eat. When his relatives heard of this they set out to seize him, for they said, “He is out of his mind.”
Source: “365 Days with the Lord 2023,” St. Paul’s, 7708 St. Paul Rd., SAV, Makati City (Phils.); Tel.: 632-895-9701; Fax 632-895-7328; E-mail: [email protected]; Website: http://www.stpauls.ph.
In our jobs, there are certain days when we feel like we get swarmed by too much work, things to accomplish piling one on top of another, and we do not even have time to eat or at least enjoy what we eat.
In church ministry, this can also happen: on certain days we are just too busy we could hardly breathe, even literally.
Jesus apparently also had those days when there was just too much to do, too many people to heal, to preach to, to drive evil spirits from.
And so after a while, people think we are going crazy, and we really do if we can no longer have time to eat. But some people who go through that experience do not seem to be concerned they might just get crazy.
Most probably, Jesus was never concerned about getting hungry, or getting crazy, because of his desire to minister to numerous people in need. And so we might say we can somehow be “allowed” to get crazy over something at times, just like the saints who, for the love of God, endured sleepless nights, days without food, endless trials and difficulties without being utterly destroyed or broken.
It was their love for God, for Jesus, that sustained them in their “craziness.” What is that thing you are “crazy” about now?
FIRST READING • Heb 9:2-3, 11-14
A tabernacle was constructed, the outer one, in which were the lampstand, the table, and the bread of offering; this is called the Holy Place. Behind the second veil was the tabernacle called the Holy of Holies.
But when Christ came as high priest of the good things that have come to be, passing through the greater and more perfect tabernacle not made by hands, that is, not belonging to this creation, he entered once for all into the sanctuary, not with the blood of goats and calves but with his own Blood, thus obtaining eternal redemption.
For if the blood of goats and bulls and the sprinkling of a heifer’s ashes can sanctify those who are defiled so that their flesh is cleansed, how much more will the Blood of Christ, who through the eternal spirit offered himself unblemished to God, cleanse our consciences from dead works to worship the living God.
Gospel • Mark 3:20-21
Jesus came with his disciples into the house. Again the crowd gathered, making it impossible for them even to eat. When his relatives heard of this they set out to seize him, for they said, “He is out of his mind.”
Source: “365 Days with the Lord 2023,” St. Paul’s, 7708 St. Paul Rd., SAV, Makati City (Phils.); Tel.: 632-895-9701; Fax 632-895-7328; E-mail: [email protected]; Website: http://www.stpauls.ph.