THE WORD THIS WEEKEND

Yes, I know it is Friday - go with it.

At Catholic mass this weekend, you will hear a Gospel reading from Mark that includes Jesus healing the sick and Jesus bringing a dead child back to life.  The sick person had been sick for years and the young child had been dead for some time according to people who should know.  There was no trickery, here.  

If that happened today, people would be flocking to the site of these miracles.  Imagine that the locals did the same at that time.  Would it be possible to be a non-believer?  No one can do these things.  Would you say that it must be a hoax?  Your brain would say they must have been mistaken about the little girl.  Your brain would say that they lady that was healed of her illness must not really have been ill.  There could be no other possible explanation.  We know what can be and what cannot be.  

Do we?  Could you accept that a miracle happened?  Could you accept that some guy you didn't know, a guy who looked just like any other man, could do this?  Would you search for some other explanation?

Do you accept that it happened?  You know that several people recorded it.  

The only real explanation is that this person, Jesus, had power beyond what any other person has.  Then, what should we call this man?  What power did He have?  From whom did His power come?  

The only answer is: He received the power from some entity we call God or He exhibited the power only a God could have.   Jesus Christ is God -  the Son of the Father.   

Learn as much as you can about Jesus and you will learn as much as you can about God.   Knowing God is more important than anything else. . . to know Him is to love Him. 

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