Not Crush Us – Mark 3:7-12 Reflection
Since Jesus took a human form as God, He understands the limits of our humanity. For example, when we remember our yesterdays, many days were filled with uplifting glory. However, we are also in a world with days that were and are challenging. These are the times when we must withdraw in deep prayer and silence to wait for God’s calming sustenance so that love fills our emptiness. Trinity’s giving of joy and peace helps us reject the weight surrounding us so it does not crush us. Like Jesus, we can then be available and present for others.
Jesus Sits by the Seashore and Preaches by James Tissot (full-resolution image of painting).
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Additional Ordinary Time Reflections
Mark 3:7-12 – Scripture*
A Multitude at the Seaside
7 Jesus departed with his disciples to the sea, and a great multitude from Galilee followed him; 8 hearing all that he was doing, they came to him in great numbers from Judea, Jerusalem, Idumea, beyond the Jordan, and the region around Tyre and Sidon. 9 He told his disciples to have a boat ready for him because of the crowd, so that they would not crush him; 10 for he had cured many, so that all who had diseases pressed upon him to touch him. 11 Whenever the unclean spirits saw him, they fell down before him and shouted, “You are the Son of God!” 12 But he sternly ordered them not to make him known.
Additional thoughts
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Prayer for young families:
Lord, let the young families of our communities get to know your joy, peace, comfort, and love despite worldly distractions.
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*This site has permission to use the New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition (NRSVCE) Bible Mark 3 passage.
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