DIVINE WHISPER with FR. PIUSRALPH EFFIONG, SMMM

Wednesday of the Second Week in Ordinary Time of the Year

Mystery of the day: Glorious 

Table of the Word: 

RI: Hebrews 7:1-3.15-17

Gospel: Mark 3:1-6

"Jesus was preaching the Gospel of the kingdom and healing every infirmity among the people." (Matthew 4:23)

Theme: The healing authority of Christ.

Healing happens to be one of the outstanding missions of Christ our Lord. It goes hand-in-hand with the teaching. Healing here goes beyond restoring the infirm to wholeness, and extends to reconciliation to the Father having lost the relationship. That is to say, when we sin we become spiritually sick, and thus needs to be healed. And healing here will restore us back to the original state which we were created. 

In the light of this, that Evangelist Matthew gives account of the salivific mission of Jesus in the gospel acclamation when he says:

"Jesus was preaching the Gospel of the kingdom and healing every infirmity among the people." (Matthew 4:23). 

To buttress this point, Evangelist Mark recounted the healing of the man with withered hand against the wish of the Pharisees. (cf. Mark 3:1-6).

However, He needed to fulfill this mission so as to prove to them the essence of His mission which surpassed human laws. 

As an eternal priest, prophet and king, He exercised these trio-munera without fear or favour all to the glory of God; as His priesthood was the product of indestructible life. (cf. Hebrews 7:17).

Therefore, beloved in Christ, let our lives be modeled after the mind of eternal priest - Jesus, for He is ever ready to restore us to wholeness and reconcile us to the Father. 

Finally, on our own part we need to live out the gospel as sharers in the royal priesthood of Christ by forgiving one another, healing the wound of malice, re-building broken relationship and making peace at all cost. 

Peace be with you!

Let us pray

Eternal High Priest, we thank You for giving us Yourself for our sanctification. In our daily struggle grant us the grace to bear witness to the gospel wherever we find ourselves for the greater glory of Your name. We ask this through Christ our Lord. Amen.

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