Tuesday of week 5, year II

Real prayer

Mark 7:1-13


Solomon's prayer shows his utmost respect to God and his temple.  However, in the Gospel, it seems that the Pharisees have lost all sensitivities to God's presence.  Instead, they relied on age-old written tradition.

Faith in God is not simply based on tradition.  Rather, it depends on a dynamic relationship with the living God.

The Eucharist is also not a series of rubrics.  Rather, each moment opens us up to the real presence of Jesus who now involves us in His own sacrifice.  We must adjust to a living, dynamic form of prayer that is truly reflective of an active relationship of love with God.  The Word of God read to us symbolizes that deep intention of God to remove the blindness from our eye, deafness from our ears, and hardness from our hearts caused by sin.  The Liturgy of Eucharist if Jesus' way of celebrating His incarnation, that in a way, after the whole celebration, He is incarnated in each one of us.  This authentic pray moves us now to life as we embrace the mission to share Jesus to others.

May the prayer in our hearts moves us to experience Jesus in our daily lives.

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