DAY OF PRAYER FOR THE LEGAL PROTECTION OF UNBORN CHILDREN

Read: 2 Sm 5: 1-7, 10 Mk 3: 22-30

“The scribes who arrived from Jerusalem asserted, ‘He is possessed by Beelzebul,’ and ‘He expels demons with the help of the prince of demons.’” (Mk 3:22)

Faith depends more on the heart than on the intellect. The faithful heart has an open disposition that serenely accepts others without prejudice. The most brilliant minds are almost incapable of turning around to see the divine will and the divine plan for each of us.

This is what happened in Jesus’ case. In His human intellect, He was somehow in contact with His divine and eternal intellect. The religious leaders came expressly to observe Jesus… with an attitude filled with preconceived notions and prejudices against Him.

In their closed-mindedness, they would not recognize Jesus’ miracles as the very action of God. Instead, they preferred to try to convince the people that Jesus was an instrument of the devil, who was giving Him the power to do the miraculous actions; actions that they could not negate.

This goes on among us as well. We encounter people who are against the Lord, who are unable to accept His goodness or His teachings… People who have poisoned their intelligence and have closed off any ability to reason for the faith… They reject outright the things of the Lord and cannot see with good judgment. They accept every reason to reject the faith… but will not allow the faith any room for growth.

Jesus calls us to recognize the opportunity before us. He calls us to see!

Reflection and commentary

Psalm 47:8 “God reigns over the nations, God sits upon his holy throne.”