When this event happens, jesus is on his way to jerusalem and he. We have enlisted hundreds of friends biblical scholars, theologians, homileticians and pastors dedicated to the craft of biblical preaching to provide you timely, compelling and trustworthy content. Mark uses a word paidia that can mean children up to twelve, while luke uses a word brephos that indicates infants lk 18. For a comprehensive study of the passage, download the study guide pdf download. He be friended people from his churchs parish yet there still was no development. A story is told about a man who wanted to know god on his own terms and intelligence. Otherwise it is not possible to enter into the kingdom mk 10. But when jesus saw this, he became indignant and said to them, let the little children come to me. The unitive thread of several episodes in this part of the gospel of mark is the food, the bread. The worldly gains we have made since childhood can stain our heart.
A test the pharisees who ask jesus about divorce do so to test him. This is reported both by matthew and luke, only they both omit what we here have, mark 10. Touch is essential to grow and to sustain life, but it is, so to say, a touchy subject. My reflections reflection for sunday january 21, feast. The kind entertainment he gave to the little children that were brought to him to be blessed v. You can download the text of this sermon as a word document here. Again crowds of people came to him, and as was his custom, he taught them. Reflection for saturday may 26, saint philip neri, priest.
Sermons from mark jesus blesses little children 10. He said to them, let the little children come to me, and do not hinder them, for the kingdom of god belongs to such as these. Mark 10 commentary matthew henry commentary on the whole. According to buxtorf, children were often brought to the presidents of the synagogue in order that they might pray over them. In our text we find them in a home in perea east of the jordan river across from judea. He said to them, let the little children come to me, and do not hinder them, for the kingdom. Possibly the disciples thought that the little ones were too young for this kind of attention or that jesus had more important work to do than to spend time with small children. The working preacher team believes that god uses good biblical preaching to change lives. There are frequent mentions in the bible of god testing people exodus 15. People were bringing young children for jesus to touch and bless them. Mark uses this same word, peirazontes, to speak of satan temptingtesting jesus in the wilderness 1.
Recall that a childs love surfaces from the purity of a clean heart not that of possessions and bodily desires. They will condemn him to death and will hand him over to the gentiles. And they were bringing little children to him, so that he might touch them. Childlike faith, childlike giving a sermon on mark 10. Modern retelling of jesus blessing the children found in mark 10. However, the disciples were being protective of jesus and they rebuked the people who approached jesus. As weve been reading marks gospel these past weeks, it is easy to see how frustrated jesus must have been by the religious leaders who have been unable to.
Mark later says jesus took them up in his arms, suggestive of infants mk 10. Share flipboard email print superstockgetty images. Christs dispute with the pharisees concerning divorce v. His trial of the rich man that enquired what he must do to get to heaven v. The gospel today speaks about the second multiplication of the loaves. By the kingdom of god, is doubtless to be understood the word of god, or rather the grace of christ in the gospel.
In our text we find them in a home in perea east of the jordan river. People were bringing little children to jesus for him to place his hands on them, but the disciples rebuked them. It is lovely to have our friends from berlin with us this. Unlike the laws sharply delineated nature, christian love is multidimensional. Living space saturday of week 7 of ordinary time gospel sacred. We therefore practice it every day, so that we may develop a deep and genuine love for it, and so that we may grow in the surpassing knowledge of christ. Today many people were bringing their children to jesus so that he might touch them. Jesus and his disciples are on their way to jerusalem. From the mere touch on the part of the holy man, who assuredly was also known as a friend of children, they hoped to derive blessing for their children. Other than letting the lord save me, the smartest thing i ever did was marry dottie, who has been my wife for over 26 years. I can still remember the feeling of excitement and anticipation i felt getting into the family station wagon.
Reflections on the gospel of mark like a childmark 10. This entry was posted in gospel of mark, gospel reflection, liturgy resources, prayer resources, scripture, year b and tagged divorce, donal neary sj, gospel reflection for 27th sunday ordinary time, mark 10. Working preacher is a ministry brought to you by luther seminary. So, he read books that would help him know god but to no avail. We are joining jesus and the disciples as a real crunch point in the gospel narrative. And thats what i want to think about for a bit now as we reflect on this very important story from the gospel of mark that we have just heard read to us. It does not appear that they needed bodily cures, nor were they capable of being taught. As the lord finished his comments about marriage, some of the local people began to approach the home with their children seeking the lord to bless these little ones. Reflection for sunday january 21, feast of the sto. To dismiss each other as if an on and off switch does not mimic gods unconditional love. The main biblical text for jewish positions on divorce is deuteronomy 24.
Share on twitter sunday reflection is a regular feature, looking at the specific readings used in todays mass in catholic parishes around the world. Rick altizer, david altizer, and dan huffman script by. But other scriptures call the permissibility of divorce into question see malachi 2. Now such children, in the ancient world, had no rights.
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