February 13 - Thursday of the 5th Week in Ordinary Time, Year I

The BreadCast · Feb 12, 2025 · 5m

(Gn.2:18-25; Ps.128:1-5; Mk.7:24-30) "A man leaves his father and mother and clings to his wife, and the two of them become one body." And Jesus leaves His Father's side and His mother's care, and takes to wife His chosen people. From His side indeed we are born, and become His holy family. To the "sons of the household" Jesus comes; among the Israelites He walks, calling them to His table to eat the food of eternal life, of eternal union with Him and His Father. Those who were conceived by God, who were taken as a rib from His own side and formed as His special bride, Jesus seeks to bring to…