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Every year God says to us: “Lech lecha,” luring us into the Lenten wilderness beyond the confining boundaries of culture, kin and your parent’s house, so that we might once again discover our heart in the heart of God.

Video of this Homily https://youtu.be/QyJiM8D458A

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Living inside a community of love is always costly. “Be imitators of me, as I am of Christ.” St. Paul encourages us, and then  goes on to show us what that looks like: “not seeking my own benefit but that of the many.” (1 Cor 10:33)

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By reading Job next to Mark, we begin to grasp the extent of the salvation that is happening here. The world is, in fact, alienated from itself and without hope. But with Jesus, the state of things comes back to plumb, people sink into rest. The evening and the morning are no longer full of disappointment but are overflowing with messianic salvation.

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At the end of today’s Gospel, Mark returns us to the theme of authority and teaching.
Now we know that he is writing about the kind of teaching which liberates, which discerns the demonic powers which oppress people and seeks to bring about new beginnings.

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Notice that what Jesus is doing is itself a sign that the kingdom of God is breaking in. Someone – John the Baptist – has been lost. In gathering a new people, Jesus is ushering in God’s kingdom, a new economy In which no one is expelled excluded, or handed over.

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We are coming face to face with some very disturbing images of ourselves. But Jesus turns towards us, looks into us, and asks: “What are you looking for?” Jesus comes to show us the way out.

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In these few short verses, Mark has given us an overview of the entire story of Jesus, and Jesus has not yet spoken a single word.

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When you walk by God’s shining radiance, then you shall be radiant at what you see. The meaning of this glorious feast, Epiphany, literally means “to shine upon.”

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If we have lived long at all, we know that no one can love us like family, and no one can hurt us like family. “Grief is the price we pay for love.”

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God appears in, with, under, and as flesh, with a human body, a body made from the same stardust that makes up all other bodies.