+ The gospel passage today reminds us that the true "relatives" – mothers and brothers of Jesus – are the ones who hear the word of God and act on it – because this is exactly how he lived his life. Jesus was entirely tuned in to the word and will of God his Father, and therefore was not recommending something that was untried and untested. He trusted God completely and he had everything he needed to carry out the Father's will. If we also trust God completely we will have the same resources.
King Darius carried out the will of God, as well, in seeing to it that the temple of God was rebuilt after the Babylonian captivity – as we heard in the first reading today. And then the returning exiles celebrated their first Passover back in their native land, in their sacred space. They went rejoicing to the house of the Lord! Their cries of mercy were heard by God and he released them from the captivity that they had only brought on themselves by their own sinfulness. May we avoid such captivity and spiritual imprisonment by staying as far away as we can from sinning –and spend an enormous amount of time on PRAISING AND TRUSTING IN GOD who will revive us, and restore our spiritual fortunes when the coffers run dry!
Blessed are those who hear the word of God and observe it!
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