Mass Readings: Genesis 2:18-25/Mark 7:24-30
Jesus was
beyond his home territory and reaching beyond his mission to his Jewish brethren.
Why limit his efforts to the Jews? Were the Gentiles just not ready? The Chosen
People, after all, had been waiting for the Messiah for 2000 years.
The
Syrophoenician woman seems to have understood the difference. She seemed to
grasp better than most her place in God’s plan of salvation and was better prepared
to receive the Messiah. Perhaps Jesus’ challenge was to get her to confess her
faith out loud. Spoken out loud and received by Jesus and others, her faith was
made real to all.
How often
are we challenged to express out loud our faith in Jesus? As a sacramental
people, if it is not said out loud or otherwise made tangible, then how real is
it?
Prayer:
Lord, help me to trust you enough to make you known in the world.
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