Thursday, February 8, 2024 1 Kgs 11:4-13; Mk 7:24-30 Today’s Gospel highlights the exemplary faith of the Syrophoenician woman. To some extent, this passage on the healing of a Syrophoenician woman’s daughter is considered controversial because Jesus appears to delay the healing, unlike other instances. Here, Jesus is also found using ‘harsh’ terms before healing […]
Wednesday, February 7, 2024 1 Kgs 10:1-10; Mk 7:14-23 In the Gospel, Jesus establishes the heart as the epicenter of human morality. By reclaiming the importance of the heart, Jesus repudiates the notions that tie morality to the body. There are at least two dangers to making the body the locus of human morality. At
Tuesday, February 6, 2024 1 Kgs 8:22-23,27-30; Mk 7:1-13 In today’s Gospel, Jesus helps us understand the distinction between God’s law and human traditions. Jesus does not find fault with human traditions. But insofar as it contradicts or substitutes God’s law for the sake of convenience, Jesus cautions against such hypocrisy. Instead of honoring their
