Be Aware of the Evil in the World!

 First Week Tuesday Ordinary Time

Year One

Heb 2:5-12

God made humans little less than angels. God took human form in the person of Jesus, the Son of God. It is God’s will that the angels worship and adore him. At Jesus's birth, angels announced and sang hymns of glory to him. At his resurrection they were present to witness his resurrection.

 The angels always served him and sang his praises. God became human to raise humanity's lowly state to a high state of divine perfection. Jesus not only became human but called us his Brothers. He is not ashamed to call us Brothers. Let us acknowledge ourselves as his Brothers and love those with us on our life journey as Brothers and Sisters.

Do we consider others to be our Brothers and Sisters in the Lord?

Year Two

Tuesday

1 Sam 1:9-20i

Meditation

Those who are in need of blessing and grace from God pray like Hannah as a drunk person. Eli thought Hannah was drunk, but her desire, passion and longing for a son was such. Eli looked at her sincere prayer and assured her of a child.  The Lord blesses us with graces and gifts not out of nothing but through the instrumentality of persons. In times of struggle and need, by the grace of God, one is always prepared to listen to God send people. Those people through whom God speaks and gives messages may not be ideal ones. Trust God sends people to support us in our time of need

The Lord remembered Hannah, and she bore a son. The Lord remembers us. God will not forget us. His remembrance is for blessing. He keeps us in his heart, mind and spirit. He blesses us in a way we do not expect. Once we are in his sight, we lack nothing. The blessing flows to those who are in the memory of God. We need to be united with God, fixing our gaze on him. Let us not lose our focus on God. Cast all our concerns and worries on to him and he will take care.

Do we pray with passion for our needs?

Gospel: Mk 1:21-28

Just then, there was in their synagogue a man with an unclean spirit, and he cried out, ‘What have you to do with us, Jesus of Nazareth? Have you come to destroy us? I know who you are, the Holy One of God.’ But Jesus rebuked him, saying, ‘Be silent, and come out of him!’ (Mk 1:23-25).

Do you believe in the evil spirits? We may not give a thought to the idea of an evil spirit in this modern world. We know that everything is science, and it explains everything. We have all the information at our fingertips. We think that the evil spirit is an idea of the olden time.

 It may look nice, but the inevitable fact we have to accept in the modern world is that the evil spirit is at work, and we are not able to detect it because of its charming ways of deception. Let’s be aware of the evil spirit and combat it with the help of God. If we are not in God and his grace, we will not be able to face the evil spirit; instead, we become its followers toward destruction.

Do you surrender to Jesus in times of possession of evil spirits?

Fr Putti Anthaiah sdb

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