February 5 - Wednesday of the 4th Week in Ordinary Time, Year I
(Heb.12:4-7,11-15; Ps.103:1-2,13-14,17-18; Mk.6:1-6) “Whom the Lord loves, He disciplines; He scourges every son He receives.” Like His only Son we must be. For without discipline where would we be? Apart from the Lord’s chastising hand, into what state would we fall? Without the cross, how could we find the kingdom? If the Lord did not scourge us, we would be blind as His countrymen in our gospel today, who question even what their ears behold and their eyes see – dead to His presence we would remain. Only the dust of His flesh would we look upon, thinking He is no more than our sinful…
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