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GOSPEL POWER l SEPTEMBER 26, 2021 l SUNDAY
GOSPEL POWER l SEPTEMBER 26, 2021 l SUNDAY
26th Sunday in Ordinary Time
Gospel: Mk 9:38-43, 45, 47-48
38John said to Jesus, “Teacher, we saw someone casting out demons in your name, and we tried to stop him, because he was not following us.” 39But Jesus said, “Do not stop him; for no one who does a deed of power in my name will be able soon afterward to speak evil of me. 40Whoever is not against us is for us. 41For truly I tell you, whoever gives you a cup of water to drink because you bear the name of Christ will by no means lose the reward. 42“If any of you put a stumbling block before one of these little ones who believe in me, it would be better for you if a great millstone were hung around your neck and you were thrown into the sea. 43If your hand causes you to stumble, cut it off; it is better for you to enter life maimed than to have two hands and to go to hell, to the unquenchable fire. ...45And if your foot causes you to stumble, cut it off; it is better for you to enter life lame than to have two feet and to be thrown into hell. ...47And if your eye causes you to stumble, tear it out; it is better for you to enter the kingdom of God with one eye than to have two eyes and to be thrown into hell, 48where their worm never dies, and the fire is never quenched.”
Religious intolerance continues to cast a dark shadow on human history. It stems from the different ways that we relate with the One God. But while this God rejoices in variety and diversity, for he has purposely created us different from one another, there are those among us who want uniformity. Whenever a group thinks that their way of worshiping God is the best, and imposes it on others, violence is the sad outcome. God is put in a box of narrow religious convictions and used as a mechanism for controlling others. Both Moses, in the first reading and Jesus, in the Gospel, express their disapproval of the exclusive mentality that gives birth to religious intolerance. Unity in diversity is the will of God, reflecting the divine nature as Trinity — one God in three persons.
Lord Jesus, help us to seek and strengthen the things that unite us, rather than capitalize on the differences that divide us. Amen.
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GOSPEL POWER l SEPTEMBER 26, 2021 l SUNDAY
26th Sunday in Ordinary Time
Gospel: Mk 9:38-43, 45, 47-48
38John said to Jesus, “Teacher, we saw someone casting out demons in your name, and we tried to stop him, because he was not following us.” 39But Jesus said, “Do not stop him; for no one who does a deed of power in my name will be able soon afterward to speak evil of me. 40Whoever is not against us is for us. 41For truly I tell you, whoever gives you a cup of water to drink because you bear the name of Christ will by no means lose the reward. 42“If any of you put a stumbling block before one of these little ones who believe in me, it would be better for you if a great millstone were hung around your neck and you were thrown into the sea. 43If your hand causes you to stumble, cut it off; it is better for you to enter life maimed than to have two hands and to go to hell, to the unquenchable fire. ...45And if your foot causes you to stumble, cut it off; it is better for you to enter life lame than to have two feet and to be thrown into hell. ...47And if your eye causes you to stumble, tear it out; it is better for you to enter the kingdom of God with one eye than to have two eyes and to be thrown into hell, 48where their worm never dies, and the fire is never quenched.”
Religious intolerance continues to cast a dark shadow on human history. It stems from the different ways that we relate with the One God. But while this God rejoices in variety and diversity, for he has purposely created us different from one another, there are those among us who want uniformity. Whenever a group thinks that their way of worshiping God is the best, and imposes it on others, violence is the sad outcome. God is put in a box of narrow religious convictions and used as a mechanism for controlling others. Both Moses, in the first reading and Jesus, in the Gospel, express their disapproval of the exclusive mentality that gives birth to religious intolerance. Unity in diversity is the will of God, reflecting the divine nature as Trinity — one God in three persons.
Lord Jesus, help us to seek and strengthen the things that unite us, rather than capitalize on the differences that divide us. Amen.