3 June 2023 - Only By race Reflections
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TOPIC: DO WE SUBMIT TO GOD’S AUTHORITY WITH TRUST AND OBEDIENCE?
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First Reading: Sirach 51: 12cd-20
Responsorial Psalm: Psalms 19: 8, 9, 10, 11
Alleluia: Colossians 3: 16a, 17c
Gospel: Mark 11: 27-33
As Jesus was walking in the temple area, the chief priests, the scribes, and the elders approached him and said to him, “By what authority are you doing these things? Or who gave you this authority to do them?”
Do we accept the authority of God’s word and submit to it with trust and obedience? Many religious leaders took offense at Jesus because they could not accept his authority. After Jesus had dramatically cleansed the temple of the traders and money-changers the Jewish leaders question Jesus to trap him. If He says His authority is divine, they will charge him with blasphemy. If He has done this on His own authority, they might as well arrest him as a mad zealot before He could do more damage. Jesus, seeing through their trap, poses a question to them and makes them answer a condition for His answer. Did they accept the work of John the Baptist as divine or human? If they accepted John’s work as divine, they would be compelled to accept Jesus as the Messiah. They dodged the question because they were unwilling to face the truth. They did not accept the Baptist and they would not accept Jesus as their Messiah. Jesus told his disciples that “the truth will make you free” (John 8:31). Do we know the joy and freedom of Christ’s rule in our lives?
This is the 1146th installment of our CFC contemplation series focusing on the daily liturgical readings.
[NOTE: As we continue to pray for Bro Bong Arjonillo’s healing and recovery, let us listen to our brother Solphie Confiado as he brings us today's reflection.
All the regular reflections are between 3-7 minutes long, enough time
