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Whenever you want to draw lines in order to mark who is outside the kingdom and who is inside, always remember: Jesus is on the other side of the line! 

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Jesus calls them into a circle around him - we infer the circle from the placing of the child in the middle - and teaches by word and deed. 

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Both narratively and geographically, today’s Gospel stands at a crossroads. It’s right in the middle of Mark, almost exactly halfway through the story. 

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As if he could understand Hebrew, Jesus said to the man Ephphetha. "Be opened" is not addressed to the ears; it is a command to the heart. When the heart opens, immediately the ears are unplugged and the tongue is loosed.

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Pope Francis quotes the 19th-century composer Gustav Mahler, who said, "Tradition is not the worship of ashes, but the preservation of fire."

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I have Mass on Sunday at Church of the Holy Spirit in Highland, MI. This is revised version of the homily for the parish Mass.

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The protesting disciples do not rightly perceive the flesh of which Jesus speaks. They see only Jesus' flesh; they do not see "the Word become flesh," the Good News of God dwelling among us.

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As Mary proclaimed in the Magnificat, “God has remembered his promise of mercy.”This promise is being fulfilled in Mary.

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"No one has ever seen God," (John 1:18)  but in Jesus we see the human face of God who desires to gather us.  Jesus is coming into our midst as the one who is giving himself away so that we might have life and have it abundantly.

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Jesus identifies the bread of God with himself: “I am the bread of life.” In that deepest descent into the world of flesh, suffering and death, a new order of love, healing and life is unfolding.