Hebrews 10:1-10 / Mark 3:31-35

Today the evangelist Mark speaks to us of Jesus' teaching about the family. There was a crowd sitting around Jesus when they told Him that His Mother and brothers were outside asking for Him. Jesus said that His family is whoever does the Will of God.

Let us talk about the Mother of Jesus. As we know from the evangelist Luke, Mary said to the Archangel Gabriel, "Behold the Handmaid of the Lord. Let it be done to Me according to Your Word." In other words, the Mother of Jesus did the Will of God.

Let us now talk about Jesus' brothers. Catholic Tradition teaches that, in reality, they are relatives of His, probably cousins ​​who grew up together, since Mary was a virgin and Joseph was chaste; the couple had no other children besides Jesus.

The great teaching of Jesus is that the bonds of faith are superior to the bonds of blood. In other words, the family of God's daughters and sons - whoever does His Will - is more important than the biological family.

Jesus' biological family probably had some difficulty understanding that He belonged to a larger family, made up of whoever does God's Will.

God loves families and we must value our family, fulfilling the commandments "Honor your father and mother", "Do not commit adultery" and "Do not covet your neighbor's wife". But the first commandment must also be fulfilled: "Love God above all things". This commandment takes priority over the others.

We must educate the members of our family so that they understand the priority that should be given to the Church, which is the family of God's daughters and sons united by the bonds of faith.

Today the author of the Letter to the Hebrews speaks to us of the sacrifices offered each year to take away sins, according to the Law of Moses. The author says that it is impossible that the blood of bulls and goats to make perfect those who offer the sacrifices. Then Christ takes away these sacrifices and establishes the sacrifice of His Blood shed on the Cross, accomplished once for all.

Let us value the sacrifice that Christ offered to take away our sins. The Eucharist is the daily memory of that perfect sacrifice, offered on that first Good Friday.

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