Dear Community Members,
“Simon’s mother-in-law lay sick with a fever. They immediately told [Jesus] about her. He approached, grasped her hand, and helped her up. Then the fever left her and she waited on them” [Mark 1:30-32].
The beginning of Jesus’ ministry is identified in Mark’s Gospel: preaching and especially healing. What is most striking from the account for this Sunday – the healing of Simon’s mother-in-law – is her immediate response: to wait on them.
This immediate response connects us to the new translation of Eucharistic Prayer II in the Mass in which we now pray, “giving thanks to be in your presence and minister to you.” We might just want to step back and ask ourselves – just how authentic this prayer is for us. In other words, what in our ministry are we doing begrudgingly? Or what in our ministry truly reflects our prayerful presence before the Lord?
Let us pray: “Remember, Lord, your Church, spread throughout the world, and bring her to the fullness of charity” [Eucharistic Prayer II]. God bless you!
Father Mike
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