Tobit 11:5-17; Mark 12:35-37
Today’s short Gospel from Mark seems to encapsulate one of the themes important to the early church about Jesus’ identity. He is shown in the temple responding to some scribes who held that the Christ is the son of David. Jesus quotes Psalm 110, in which the author, presumed to be David, calls the Christ his Lord. How can he be his son if he is Lord? The crowds delight to hear Jesus win the debate. Early in his Gospel (1:22), Mark says the crowds were amazed at Jesus because “he spoke with authority, unlike their scribes.”
The Easter season is 50 days long to emphasize both its importance and to give us time to absorb the implications of this central mystery of our faith. Jesus is alive and among us. The crucified and risen Christ is the head of the Mystical Body we were incorporated into by baptism. As his sisters and brothers, we are being drawn into greater and greater intimacy with him and his redemptive mission in the world.
The week after Easter is traditionally an ideal time for many Christians to go on retreat, either in fact or by devoting extra time to prayer and reflection. The readings assigned to this week are entry points into the mystery of the Resurrection. The Gospels take up many of the questions the early church faced about the reality and nature of the shocking claim that the crucified Jesus was alive. In today s Gospel from Matthew, attempts to deny the resurrection are met with the testimony of the women who encountered Jesus alive. Rumors that the body had been removed f
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