WEDNESDAY- 13^TH WEEK IN ORDINARY TIME –A

Gospel: Matthew 8:28-34: Have you come here to torture the devils before time?

I Reading: Amos 5:14-15.21-24: Let me have no more of the din of your chanting, but let integrity flow like an unfailing stream.

Jesus Casts Out Demons: Saving Men, 8:28-34

Jesus had power over devils and conquered the forces of evil. Jesus’ mission was to save the humankind from sin, death and all evils.

1.     Jesus went where no other men would go (v.28-31)

a.     Among the evil possessed

b.     Among the dead

c.      Among the violent

d.     Among the defiant

e.      Among the malicious-devourers-the destroyers

2.     Jesus saved those whom no other men could reach (v.32)

a.     The power of his word “Go”

b.     The result: demons were expelled and exorcised

3.     Jesus was rejected again by covetous men (v.33-34)

a.     The covetous heard of the Lord’s presence and behaviour

b.     The covetous felt nothing in common with him: “When they saw Him.”

c.      The covetous rejected and expelled Him.

Thought: When the covetous sees the Lord, they experience an immediate response: they feel nothing in common with Jesus Christ and His demand for self-denial (Lk 9:23). The Lord’s attitude and demands toward material possessions are stringent (Mt 6:19-24; 25-34). A covetous person is forced either to repent, that is turn from all material seeking or to out rightly reject Christ (Mt 19:16-22).

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