Reflections on Scripture • 06-09-23 - Friday of the Ninth Week in Ordinary Time

Finding God In Our Hearts with Msgr. Don Fischer · Jun 9, 2023 · 5m

Gospel

Mark 12:35-37

As Jesus was teaching in the temple area he said, "How do the scribes claim that the Christ is the son of David? David himself, inspired by the Holy Spirit, said:

The Lord said to my lord, 'Sit at my right hand until I place your enemies under your feet.'

David himself calls him 'lord'; so how is he his son?" The great crowd heard this with delight.

Reflection

The Pharisees heard a truth that they would not agree to. They were filled with a destructive spirit. It says a lot about the freedom we need to have, about our own decisions, about what we know is true.

God has…