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Monday Jan 27, 2020
Homily for Monday of the 3rd Week in Ordinary Time
Monday Jan 27, 2020
Monday Jan 27, 2020
The passages surrounding today’s Gospel show us the mixed reactions to Jesus’ activities in Capernaum: There were huge crowds gathering round Him on the seashore; His family believed He was going mad and wanted to stop Him; in today’s passage, the official religious authorities, the scribes from Jerusalem, attributed His actions to evil sources, an attitude that would eventually lead to His death.
Jesus pointed to the inconsistency of their opinion, that He was practicing two conflicting plans at the same time. He accused them of an unforgivable sin, blasphemy against the Holy Spirit since he was filled with the Holy Spirit and they accused Him of having an unclean or demonic spirit.
Indeed, it was the Holy Spirit that directed Jesus' words and actions throughout His life and ministry here on earth. That same Spirit fills us and, like Jesus, when we follow the Holy Spirit, we may find ourselves at odds with our world and even those closest to us.
Let us pray that in our quest to follow God’s will, we may be most influenced by the promptings of God’s Spirit dwelling in our hearts, minds, and souls. +
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