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I know the power obedience has of making
things easy which seem impossible. - St.
Teresa of Avila: (1515 –1582: was a prominent Spanish mystic, Roman
Catholic saint, Carmelite nun and author during the Counter Reformation
Gospel Text: (MK 3:31-35)
The
mother of Jesus and his brothers arrived at the house.
Standing
outside, they sent word to Jesus and called him.
A
crowd seated around him told him,
"Your
mother and your brothers and your sisters
are
outside asking for you."
But
he said to them in reply,
"Who
are my mother and my brothers?"
And
looking around at those seated in the circle he said,
"Here
are my mother and my brothers.
For
whoever does the will of God
is
my brother and sister and mother."
Is
Jesus trying to tell us his only relatives are those who listen to him
attentively? Of course not! His relatives are not those who listen to him but
those who listen to and abide by God's will: it is those who are his brother,
his sister, his mother...
As
children of our heavenly Father, our task is to do the Father's will, as we
pray always in the Lord's Prayer, "Thy will be done on earth as it is in
heaven."
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