GOSPEL POWER |JUNE 4, 2021 - FRIDAY | 9th Week in Ordinary Time

Gospel: Mk 12: 35 – 37

While Jesus was teaching in the temple, he said, “How can the scribes say that the Messiah is the son of David? David himself, by the Holy Spirit, declared, ‘The Lord said to my Lord, “Sit at my right hand, until I put your enemies under your feet.”’ David himself calls him Lord; so how can he be his son?” And the large crowd was listening to him with delight.

Reflection

In 2 Sam 7:12–17, God promised to David, through the  prophet Nathan, to raise up for him a descendant who  would reign forever. This is the origin of the belief in  the Davidic Messiah. However, it was far from the Jewish people’s  imagination that this Messiah would be other than an ordinary  human being. But God is unpredictably wonderful in all his ways and  surpasses all expectations. The riddle of Jesus in today’s Gospel is a  clue to the Messiah’s divine identity, which has been disclosed long  ago in Psalm 110:1. The divine Messiah is the LORD who invites lord  David, the King, to sit at his right hand. Though it is doubtful that the  listening crowd understands the implication of what Jesus is saying,  the revelation, nonetheless, delights them. We, readers of this Gospel  today, are greatly blessed to understand, in the light of Easter faith,  what Psalm 110:1 reveals about the Messiah

Prayer

Lord Jesus, we adore you as the manifestation in-the-flesh and the  presence among us of the invisible God. Amen.