Si Jesus nagpanudlo nga may awtoridad

Ebanghelyo subong nga Adlaw (Marcos 1:21-28)

Martes (Enero 14)

Nag-abot sila sa banwa sang Capernaum, kag sang Adlaw nga Inugpahuway nagsulod si Jesus sa sinagoga kag nagpanudlo.

Ang mga tawo nga nakabati sa iya natingala sang iya pagpanudlo kay nagpanudlo siya nga may awtoridad kag indi sia pareho sang mga manunudlo sang Kasuguan.

Sa amo gid nga tion nagsulod sa sinagoga ang isa ka tawo didto nga may malaot nga espiritu kag nagsinggit, "Ano ang luyag mo himuon sa amon, Jesus nga taga-Nazaret? Nagkari ka bala sa paglaglag sa amon? Nahibal-an ko kon sin-o ka. Ikaw ang Balaan nga ginpadala sang Dios!" 

Ginmanduan ni Jesus ang espiritu: "Maghipos ka kag maggwa sa tawo."

Ginpakurog sang malaot nga espiritu ang tawo, nagsinggit sing tudo kag naggwa sa tawo.

Ang mga tawo natingala gid, sa bagay nga nagpinamangkutanay sila, "Ano ini? Bag-o bala ini nga pagtulon-an? Ini nga tawo may gahom bisan pa sa pagsugo sang malaot nga mga espiritu, kag nagatuman sila sa iya."

Gani, ang balita nahanungod kay Jesus naglapnag sing madali sa bug-os nga probinsya sang Galilea.

Prayers:

"Lord Jesus, your word is power and life. May I never doubt your saving love and mercy, and the power of your word to bring healing and deliverance to those in need."

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Reflection of the Daily Gospel:

Do you believe that God’s word has power to set you free and to transform your life? When Jesus taught he spoke with authority. He spoke the word of God as no one had spoken it before. When the Rabbis taught they supported their statements with quotes from other authorities. The prophets spoke with delegated authority – “Thus says the Lord.”When Jesus spoke he needed no authorities to back his statements. He was authority incarnate – the Word of God made flesh. When he spoke, God spoke. When he commanded even the demons obeyed.

Augustine of Hippo (354-430) remarked that “faith is mighty, but without love it profits nothing. The devils confessed Christ, but lacking charity it availed nothing. They said, 'What have we to do with you (Mark 1:24)?' They confessed a sort of faith, but without love. Hence they were devils.” Faith is powerful, but without love it profits nothing (1 Corinthians 13). Scripture tells us that true faith works through love (Galalatians 5:6) and abounds in hope (Romans 15:13). Our faith is made perfect in love because love orients us to the supreme good which is God himself as well as the good of our neighbor who is created in the image and likeness of God (Genesis 1:26,27). Hope anchors our faith in the promises of God and purifies our desires for the things which will last for eternity. That is why the word of Christ has power to set us free from all that would keep us bound in sin, deception, and despair. Bede the venerable abbot of an English monastery (672-735) contrasted the power and authority of Jesus' word with the word of the devil: “The devil, because he had deceived Eve with his tongue, is punished by the tongue, that he might not speak” [Homilies on the Gospels 1.8].

Faith is both a free gift of God and the free assent of our will to the whole truth that God has revealed. To live, grow, and persevere in the faith to the end, we must nourish it with the word of God. The Lord gives us his Holy Spirit to enlighten our minds that we may grow in his truth and in the knowledge of his great love for each of us. If we approach God’s word submissively, with an eagerness to do everything the Lord desires, we are in a much better position to learn what God wants to teach us through his word. Are you eager to be taught by the Lord and to conform your life according to his word?