Daily Retreat 01/18/07
2007 Jan 18 Thu
Heb 7: 25 – 8: 6/ Ps 39(40): 7-8a. 8b-9. 10. 17/ Mk 3: 7-12
From today’s readings: “Jesus is always able to save those who approach God through Him, since He lives forever to make intercession for them.... Here am I, Lord; I come to do Your will.... ”
Spreading the Good News
After a number of miracles and a period of teaching with authority in the synagogues in the towns along the north and west coasts of the Sea of Galilee, the news about Jesus started to spread throughout the country, and as the passage in the Gospel relates, many people started to come to Him from all over the land.
How did so many people hear about Jesus? There were, of course, no television spots or newspaper features about Him - it had to be word of mouth, as each person who had encountered Jesus shared the news with family and friends about the difference He had made in their lives.
True, Jesus forbade the evil spirits from making Him known, and even discouraged some of the people He healed from talking about it. This was probably to avoid a mass hysteria of people mistaking Him as a political messiah who would be taking on the Roman occupiers.
The truth about Jesus spread throughout the land, because the people who had come to know Him cared about sharing the blessings He brought. The same should be true in our own day!
Heb 7: 25 – 8: 6/ Ps 39(40): 7-8a. 8b-9. 10. 17/ Mk 3: 7-12
From today’s readings: “Jesus is always able to save those who approach God through Him, since He lives forever to make intercession for them.... Here am I, Lord; I come to do Your will.... ”
Spreading the Good News
After a number of miracles and a period of teaching with authority in the synagogues in the towns along the north and west coasts of the Sea of Galilee, the news about Jesus started to spread throughout the country, and as the passage in the Gospel relates, many people started to come to Him from all over the land.
How did so many people hear about Jesus? There were, of course, no television spots or newspaper features about Him - it had to be word of mouth, as each person who had encountered Jesus shared the news with family and friends about the difference He had made in their lives.
True, Jesus forbade the evil spirits from making Him known, and even discouraged some of the people He healed from talking about it. This was probably to avoid a mass hysteria of people mistaking Him as a political messiah who would be taking on the Roman occupiers.
The truth about Jesus spread throughout the land, because the people who had come to know Him cared about sharing the blessings He brought. The same should be true in our own day!
posted by FrPitstick | 1/17/2007
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