From the Gospel according to Mark
Mark 6:53-56
After making the crossing to the other side of the sea,
Jesus and his disciples came to land at Gennesaret
and tied up there.
As they were leaving the boat, people immediately recognized him.
They scurried about the surrounding country
and began to bring in the sick on mats
to wherever they heard he was.
Whatever villages or towns or countryside he entered,
they laid the sick in the marketplaces
and begged him that they might touch only the tassel on his cloak; and as many as touched it were healed.
It’s a little difficult for me.
Jesus has great news to bring to us: that the kingdom of God has arrived with His coming. But such a big message needs to be delivered in a measured way, and the first thing He does is heal physical diseases to draw the crowds. Then, He teaches them.
Everyone thought His healings were great, but they were nothing compared to the greatness of the news of the Kingdom. The kingdom of God is already here. Don’t you want to get close to Him and know Him? You’re going to be amazed!
Applying it to Married Life:
Ángel: I want to live the kingdom of God with you. Don’t you want to?
Sofía: Of course I do, but you need to help me because you know I’m very nervous, and I quickly get distracted and focus on practical things. I need you to help me with love and without telling me off, to be silent and become aware of the Heart that Jesus gives me. It seems so beautiful and so important that He wants me to be in Him, but I notice it’s hard for me because I get distracted without meaning to.
Ángel: You’re right that, even though I’ve wanted to help you for a long time, maybe instead of helping you enter into silence, I’ve disturbed you more with my demands and harsh words. I will ask the Lord for help so that I can convey to you, with tenderness, the love that is in His Heart for you.
Sofía: Thank you. You know I try to be docile, but the emotional side is a little hard for me, even though I know that to reach God, it’s through the heart and by entering into His Heart.
Mother,
May we welcome the kingdom of God, the one in which the Lord wants to introduce us so that we may be in Him. Praise be Christ, the source of Love for us.