FRIDAY OF THE FIRST WEEK IN ORDINARY TIME - Gospel (Mk 2:1-12) - The Word of God for Everyone

FRIDAY OF THE FIRST WEEK IN ORDINARY TIME
Gospel
(Mark 2:1-12)
When Jesus returned to Capernaum after some days,
it became known that he was at home.
Many gathered together so that there was no longer room for them,
not even around the door,
and he preached the word to them.
They came bringing to him a paralytic carried by four men.
Unable to get near Jesus because of the crowd,
they opened up the roof above him.
After they had broken through,
they let down the mat on which the paralytic was lying.
When Jesus saw their faith, he said to him,
“Child, your sins are forgiven.”
Now some of the scribes were sitting there asking themselves,
“Why does this man speak that way? He is blaspheming.
Who but God alone can forgive sins?”
Jesus immediately knew in his mind what
they were thinking to themselves,
so he said, “Why are you thinking such things in your hearts?
Which is easier, to say to the paralytic,
‘Your sins are forgiven,’
or to say, ‘Rise, pick up your mat and walk’?
But that you may know
that the Son of Man has authority to forgive sins on earth”
-he said to the paralytic,
“I say to you, rise, pick up your mat, and go home.”
He rose, picked up his mat at once,
and went away in the sight of everyone.
They were all astounded
and glorified God, saying, “We have never seen anything like this.”
The Gospel of the Lord: Praise to You, Lord Jesus Christ.
The Word of God for Everyone
Dear People of God,
Today's Word of God continues to tell all humanity about the power and strength of God. He can dispel all diseases and impairments in this world. There is nothing that He cannot do.
Paralytic is a disease that humans are helpless against, but when they run to God, He will cure everything; besides Him, no one has the power and strength like Him. The evidence shows that when the paralyzed man was carried by his brothers and sisters to Jesus to ask Him to heal him, with just one word from Him, this paralyzed man stood up and walked again. Not only that, He also healed the disease of the soul. He forgives all the sins of that soul; when the body and soul are cleansed, that person returns to normality like everyone else. Only the almighty God has the power to forgive all the sins of man; only the almighty God has the power to cure physical illness.
Besides, God also lets all mankind know that: there must be love and solidarity among fellow human beings. When someone has faith, whoever has the love of God, that person must also know how to share with his brothers and sisters; do not live selfishly, only caring for yourself without thinking of others. Through the Word of God today, God has called all mankind: to look at the image of those who removed the roof, to lower the paralyzed man right to Jesus, and to ask Him to heal him.
Today's Word of God also praises the love that everyone has for their fellow human beings, and also praises the great faith of those who believe in the power of the Son of God, believing that He has the power to heal both spiritual and physical illnesses. But besides that, God also teaches everyone: do not be jealous, do not be arrogant, do not provoke; When those who are filled with grace, sent by God to heal, do not try to find ways to refute God's will. God also warns those who are falling into Satan's temptation to oppose God's work, to oppose those chosen by God, to be awake, do not fall into Satan's temptations anymore!
Just as in the time of Jesus, there were people who sought to refute God, to oppose God; today, God is with humanity and accompanies people; those who are deliberately opposing God's work, wake up and stand up to walk on the path of God's light and truth; do not walk in darkness anymore! Return to God's love and be reconciled with Him.
Recognize your status as a sinful person who is shown mercy by God, loved by God, do not live in sinful passions, do not live in selfishness, jealousy, and arrogance anymore! Let us stand up, to love, care for, and support our fellow human beings, to collaborate together in the work of salvation of God the Father, to lead souls back to His love, this is what pleases God the Father.
God the Father calls on all humanity: to care for, to support our fellow human beings in faith; to bring God to everyone, so that everyone can also enjoy the love and mercy of God the Father.
Thanks be to God. Amen.