PRI Reflections on Scripture | Wednesday of the 7th Week in Ordinary Time

Finding God In Our Hearts with Msgr. Don Fischer · Feb 26, 2025 · 5m

Gospel

Mark 9:38-40

John said to Jesus,

"Teacher, we saw someone driving out demons in your name,

and we tried to prevent him because he does not follow us."

Jesus replied, "Do not prevent him.

There is no one who performs a mighty deed in my name

who can at the same time speak ill of me.

For whoever is not against us is for us.”

Reflection

It's hard for me to believe that for the first 27 years of my life, I believed that the Holy Roman Catholic Church was the only church that could bring somebody salvation. I wonder how that kind of teaching was so prevalent for so long, until Vatican…