Sign up to save your podcasts
Or
Share Reflections on Scripture | Tuesday of the 14th Week in Ordinary Time
Share to email
Share to Facebook
Share to X
Share to email
Share to Facebook
Share to X
Or
Reflections on Scripture | Tuesday of the 14th Week in Ordinary Time
Gospel
Matthew 9:32-38
A demoniac who could not speak was brought to Jesus,
and when the demon was driven out the mute man spoke.
The crowds were amazed and said,
“Nothing like this has ever been seen in Israel.”
But the Pharisees said,
“He drives out demons by the prince of demons.”
Jesus went around to all the towns and villages,
teaching in their synagogues,
proclaiming the Gospel of the Kingdom,
and curing every disease and illness.
At the sight of the crowds, his heart was moved with pity for them
because they were troubled and abandoned,
like sheep without a shepherd.
Then he said to his disciples,
“The harvest is abundant but the laborers are few;
so ask the master of the harvest
to send out laborers for his harvest.”
Reflection
There was a tradition in the time of Jesus that those who were evil were considered to have the power to do strange things to other people. And so it seems, the Pharisees were just claiming some kind of hope that some people might believe them when they said, Jesus is the demon. That's how he can handle demons. But it makes no sense to Jesus or to the others.
Why would the devil try to drive out the devil from another person? But what I love in this passage is the way in which the compassion of Jesus is so clear. Looking at his
human beings, he sees them troubled, abandoned, without direction, and he calls for a prayer of all of us, that there will be people who will guide those who are longing for the kingdom.
We underestimate each of our ability to be an instrument of touching the troubled and abandoned soul, with love and with hope.
Closing Prayer
God, we don't always have the confidence that we should. That you can use us to give direction that you long for other people to have. You will use us, empower us, give us wisdom so that through us you will be able to touch those abandoned and those who are afraid. Bless us with this conviction. And we ask this in Jesus’ name, Amen.
Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
View all episodes
By Msgr. Don Fischer
4.8
135135 ratings
Gospel
Matthew 9:32-38
A demoniac who could not speak was brought to Jesus,
and when the demon was driven out the mute man spoke.
The crowds were amazed and said,
“Nothing like this has ever been seen in Israel.”
But the Pharisees said,
“He drives out demons by the prince of demons.”
Jesus went around to all the towns and villages,
teaching in their synagogues,
proclaiming the Gospel of the Kingdom,
and curing every disease and illness.
At the sight of the crowds, his heart was moved with pity for them
because they were troubled and abandoned,
like sheep without a shepherd.
Then he said to his disciples,
“The harvest is abundant but the laborers are few;
so ask the master of the harvest
to send out laborers for his harvest.”
Reflection
There was a tradition in the time of Jesus that those who were evil were considered to have the power to do strange things to other people. And so it seems, the Pharisees were just claiming some kind of hope that some people might believe them when they said, Jesus is the demon. That's how he can handle demons. But it makes no sense to Jesus or to the others.
Why would the devil try to drive out the devil from another person? But what I love in this passage is the way in which the compassion of Jesus is so clear. Looking at his
human beings, he sees them troubled, abandoned, without direction, and he calls for a prayer of all of us, that there will be people who will guide those who are longing for the kingdom.
We underestimate each of our ability to be an instrument of touching the troubled and abandoned soul, with love and with hope.
Closing Prayer
God, we don't always have the confidence that we should. That you can use us to give direction that you long for other people to have. You will use us, empower us, give us wisdom so that through us you will be able to touch those abandoned and those who are afraid. Bless us with this conviction. And we ask this in Jesus’ name, Amen.
Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
More shows like Finding God In Our Hearts with Msgr. Don Fischer
View all
Bishop Barron’s Sunday Sermons - Catholic Preaching and Homilies
4,947 Listeners
Sunday Homilies with Fr. Mike Schmitz
6,137 Listeners
The Word on Fire Show - Catholic Faith and Culture
5,700 Listeners
The Fr. Mike Schmitz Catholic Podcast
7,548 Listeners
The Jeff Cavins Show (Your Catholic Bible Study Podcast)
2,139 Listeners
All Things Catholic with Dr. Edward Sri
1,352 Listeners
The Road to Emmaus with Scott Hahn
53 Listeners
American Catholic History
817 Listeners
The Bible in a Year (with Fr. Mike Schmitz)
60,434 Listeners
Catholic Saints
1,034 Listeners
Chris Stefanick Catholic Show
398 Listeners
The Catechism in a Year (with Fr. Mike Schmitz)
11,206 Listeners
Everything Belongs: Living the Teachings of Richard Rohr Forward
592 Listeners
The Rosary in a Year (with Fr. Mark-Mary Ames)
5,377 Listeners
The Spiritual Life with Fr. James Martin, S.J.
61 Listeners