A COMMUNICATOR
There are many ways to communicate the glory of God to the world. What
is your particular gift and how will you use it to bring the Gospel to others?
Jesus said, in
today's Gospel, "For whoever does the will of God is my brother and sister
and mother" (Mk 3:35). There are many ways to communicate the glory of God
to the world. What is your particular gift and how will you use it to bring the
Gospel to others?
Today's Gospel of
Mark tells us about a crowd that is seated around Jesus. Undoubtedly, this
group includes Gentiles. Earlier in Mark's Gospel we also read that they have
come from as far away as Tyre and Sidon. Here, Jesus specifically looks at them
and says, "Here are my mother and my brothers" (Mk 3:34), and the
list can go on, for whoever does the will of God belongs to My family. This is
not a rejection of His Jewish family or of a particular race of people, but
rather, a broadening of what it means to be family. In other words the
Gentiles, who are not naturally part of the Jewish family, are to be included
in Jesus' gatherings and ministry.
Let us be great
communicators and say what the Psalmist wrote for us today: He put a new song
into my mouth, a hymn to our God! Let us also remember what Jesus prayed during
His earthly ministry: "I give praise to You, Father, Lord of heaven and
earth, for although You have hidden these things from the wise and the learned
You have them to the childlike" (Mt 11:25).
There are many ways
to communicate the glory of God to all!