Daily Mass Gospel Reflection - Lord of the Sabbath, Lord of Everything

Word on Fire Ministry ^ | 1.16.24 | Bishop Robert Barron

[MurphsLaw]

Mark 2:23-28

Friends, in today’s Gospel,
Jesus acknowledges that he is “lord even of the sabbath.”

And the claim of the first Christians was Iesous Kyrios—
Jesus is Lord.The Jews would be massively put off by the use of the term Kyrios
in describing an ordinary human being.
Moreover, the implication that this man was the Messiah of Israel—
when he had died at the hands of Israel’s enemies—
was simply blasphemous.

And for the Greeks, this claim was subversive,
for a watchword of the time was Kaiser Kyrios—
the Emperor is Lord.
A new system of allegiance was being proposed,
a new type of ordering and lordship—
and this was indeed a threat to the regnant system.

Christians should enter the public arena boldly and confidently,
for we are not announcing a private or personal spirituality,
but rather declaring a new King under whose lordship everything must fall.
If Jesus is truly Lord, then government, business, family life,
the arts, sexuality, and entertainment
all come properly under his headship.

[MurphsLaw]

+++As Jesus was passing through a field of grain on the sabbath,
his disciples began to make a path while picking the heads of grain.
At this the Pharisees said to him,
“Look, why are they doing what is unlawful on the sabbath?”
He said to them,
“Have you never read what David did
when he was in need and he and his companions were hungry?
How he went into the house of God when Abiathar was high priest
and ate the bread of offering
that only the priests could lawfully eat,
and shared it with his companions?”
Then he said to them,
“The sabbath was made for man, not man for the sabbath.
That is why the Son of Man is lord even of the sabbath.”+++

[one guy in new jersey]

why does this Bishop constantly surround himself with muscle-bound young men

huge alarm bells going off

[MurphsLaw]

Triggered?
Are you a pajama boy, girly man, like Hans and Franz warned us about?

Being out of shape, pot bellied even...
is NOT where it's at.
Be the best you can be.

[one guy in new jersey]

Are you outing yourself, ML?

[MurphsLaw]

Are you asking if I am in shape? Or do I hit the gym?

The answer is yes, I can see what God gave me whilst urinating.

19 Do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit within you,
which you have from God? You are not your own;

Your body is a Temple in which God wants to live inside.
A strong, resilient Temple... not a flabby, unmotivated garbage dump...

Outed.

[NorthMountain]

If Jesus is truly Lord, then government, business, family life, the arts, sexuality, and entertainment all come properly under his headship.

That would definitely rule out homosexuality, and the blasphemous "blessing" of homosexual "couples".

How say you, Bishop Barron?

[one guy in new jersey]

Which one is you?