Genesis 3.9-15 / Ps. 130.1+2, 3+4, 5+6 / 2 Corinthians 4.13 -51 /Mark 3.20-35
The readings for the 10th Sunday in Ordinary Time this year retell us all about God responding to human frailties, with the promise of hope of redemption.
The sin of our ancestors (Adam &Eve) reminds us up to our present time of the reality of sin. Though as to one is sinning or not, may depend on each one`s awareness of what is good and bad, and may depend also on one`s acknowledgment of it (sins being committed), the invitation to examination of conscience can be the first step to understand God`s calling for us today. A God-fearing person seriously considers the great commandment of God – loving God and loving our neighbor as loving our own selves.
As to people who have the capacity to determine what is good and what is bad, individual personal daily experience is a proof of human frailty, thus, a good step to acknowledging how each one in split seconds proves human frailty.
Similarly, as to people in thanksgiving for the gift of faith, and enjoying the merits of Christian living, God`s promise of hope is well understood through God`s promise of Salvation in Jesus. It is a grace that we receive through Baptism by the Holy Spirit that we are able to experience freedom from sin (at least from original sin – the sin of our ancestors).
With the reality of the tendency of every human being to succumb to sin, we have the Spirit of God most powerful, and without the Holy Spirit we remain guilty of everlasting sin.
Jesus calls us to obey God`s commands to love. We are called to strong faith and spiritual kinship. Therefore we continue to live a life of prayer, forgiveness and reconciliation. Jesus emphasizes that His true members of the family are those who gather and listen to Him.
Let`s s bring each one we have considered up to this day as our family, to faith, and to the so-called "spiritual kinship".