Finding God In Our Hearts with Msgr. Don Fischer

PRI Reflections on Scripture • 1-10-24 - Wednesday of the First Week in Ordinary Time


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Gospel Mark 1:29-39 On leaving the synagogue Jesus entered the house of Simon and Andrew with James and John. Simon’s mother-in-law lay sick with a fever. They immediately told him about her. He approached, grasped her hand, and helped her up. Then the fever left her and she waited on them.
When it was evening, after sunset, they brought to him all who were ill or possessed by demons. The whole town was gathered at the door. He cured many who were sick with various diseases, and he drove out many demons, not permitting them to speak because they knew him.
Rising very early before dawn, he left and went off to a deserted place, where he prayed. Simon and those who were with him pursued him and on finding him said, “Everyone is looking for you.” He told them, “Let us go on to the nearby villages that I may preach there also. For this purpose have I come.” So he went into their synagogues, preaching and driving out demons throughout the whole of Galilee.
Reflection Nothing is clearer in the Ministry of Jesus that he had this power over the power of evil. His very presence drew it out of people. And at the same time we see this awesome power, we see also a tension in Jesus, knowing that this is a power that he wants them to understand. They one day will possess, but he wants to teach them that.
He wants to preach to them. And so he leaves the town that still had many people longing for a healing and said, I need to go and talk to my father about the core of my work. I want to preach. I want them to understand the word, not just the power, but the plan of God for us.
Closing Prayer Father, there’s so much more than just being empowered to overcome the weaknesses that we have. Give us this wisdom that we ask for. It’s the wisdom to know the role that you’ve given to each of us and to be able to accomplish it, not through mighty signs necessarily, but through a deep and profound wisdom that can only come to us through you. And we ask this in Jesus’ name, Amen.

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