Daily reflection _ in My Name

"IN MY NAME"

It is important, infinitely and eternally important, to check our views of love and justice, our ways and our wisdom, to see how they conform to God's.  
Deacon John Ruscheinsky
Jesus Christ calls Himself "the Way, the Truth, and the Life" (Jn 14:6). Jesus always acts with love and justice, and in the Gospel, He explains and embodies these virtues to the fullest. Jesus is the wisdom of our heavenly Father, Whose ways are not our ways, and whose thoughts are not our thoughts (cf. Is 55:8). It is important then, infinitely and eternally important, to check our views of love and justice, our ways and our wisdom, to see how they conform to God's. It is ultimately important to act in the Name of Jesus, daily. Our faith and loyalty must be in Him!
In today's Gospel of Mark, Jesus replies to John, "Do not prevent him. There is no one who performs a mighty deed in My name who can at the same time speak ill of Me. For whoever is not against us is for us" (Mk 9:39-40). Remember as Christians, we have been baptized in Jesus' name, but that name does not belong to us. We do not have exclusive rights to the wisdom and power of God revealed in Jesus. The power of our heavenly Father often walks with us "as a stranger," St. James tells us. "If the Lord wills it, we shall live to do this or that" (Jas 4:15).
In today's Responsorial Psalm we acclaim, "Hear this, all you peoples" (Ps 49:1), what Jesus told us, it is all in His name, for He is "the Way, the Truth, and the Life."
Do we question our loyalty and who it should go to?