The
most powerful weapon to conquer the devil is humility. For, as he does not know
at all how to employ it, neither does he know how to defend himself from it. --Saint
Vincent de Paul: (1581 – 1660: was a French Roman Catholic priest who dedicated
himself to serving the poor.
Gospel
Text: (MK 6:1-6)
Jesus departed from there and came to
his native place,
accompanied by his disciples.
When the sabbath came he began to
teach in the synagogue,
and many who heard him were
astonished.
They said, “Where did this man get all
this?
What kind of wisdom has been given
him?
What mighty deeds are wrought by his
hands!
Is he not the carpenter, the son of
Mary,
and the brother of James and Joseph
and Judas and Simon?
And are not his sisters here with us?”
And they took offense at him.
Jesus said to them,
“A prophet is not without honor except
in his native place
and among his own kin and in his own
house.”
So he was not able to perform any
mighty deed there,
apart from curing a few sick people by
laying his hands on them.
He was amazed at their lack of faith.
Jesus chose to take up the ordinary
profession of his earthly foster-father Joseph, and worked with his hands,
alongside the important mission of spreading the Gospel, precisely to teach us
his kind of humility and devotion. On account of his humble beginnings. His own
towns-folk took offense and rejected him, judging him unworthy of becoming a
prophet.
What hurdles prevent us from trusting
in Christ as our Savior? Do we look for proof that Jesus really loves us and
that he really is the God that has come to save us? We need to re-examine if
our personal issues are getting in the way of our completely trusting in the
Lord.
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