Tuesday 23 July 2024
St Bridget of Sweden
Micah 7:14-15, 18-20. Lord, show us your mercy and love – Psalm 84(85):2-8. Matthew 12:46-50.
Family bonds
There’s a part of me that wouldn’t blame Mary for feeling that Jesus is being a bit insolent in today’s Gospel reading. She has come to speak to him, probably about something she feels is important, and his response is to force her to wait.
Of course, all of us eventually grow up and create new connections outside the family home. If we’re lucky, those connections might be as strong as family bonds. There’s an acknowledgement in this story that Jesus has a family, but those are not his strongest bonds.
There’s also an acknowledgment in this reading of the strength of our bond to God. We might make our family a priority in our lives, but in the end we’re called to make all people in the world our family and to respond to all people with the same love that bonds us to our family.
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