Wednesday, January 29, 2025

3rd Week, Ordinary Time, Thursday, 30-01-2025

Hebrews 10:19-25 / Mark 4:21-25  

Coming for Mass regularly will certainly strengthen the faith.

We come for Mass to offer worship and thanks to God, as well as our needs and petitions.

But coming for Mass weekly, or even daily, can become routine.

And in the spiritual sense, routine can be an erosion of reverence.

The 1st reading brings us back into the deep mystery that we encounter at Mass.

It says that through the blood of Jesus, we have the right to enter the sanctuary by a new way which He has opened for us.

It is a living opening, and as we enter into the church, we enter into the living Body of Jesus, who is the high priest in the House of God.

The 1st reading urges us that as we enter, let us be sincere in heart and be filled with faith, our minds cleansed and free from impurity.

As we reflect on what the 1st reading said, Jesus tells us to take notice of what we are hearing.

What we get out of the Mass depends on what we bring to the Mass.

When we come for Mass with humility, we will be blessed with charity.

And that charity will be expressed in concern for others, and we will respond with love and good works. 

Indeed, the Mass is a celebration of the deep mystery of God’s love for us.

May we also go forth to celebrate that love with others.