Gospel Reflection.
Monday 12th February 2018
By: Marcelles Amiatu
Friends, in our gospel today, the Pharisees appear to be disturbed and jealous by what Jesus is saying and doing. The Pharisees appear to be so disturbed by Jesus' actions that they demand some ‘heavenly’ sign to indicate that his authority comes from God. But Jesus refuses to give in to their request. They will not get a sign on their terms.
The Pharisees were blind. Here they were asking Jesus for a sign, not realizing that the life of Christ was a sign of God's loving presence among us. In the immediately foregoing passage Jesus has just fed 4,000 people with seven loaves of bread and a few fish. The signs are there in abundance but the Pharisees cannot see because they do not want to see. Their blindness is a central theme to this part of Mark, as we shall see.
We too need to be aware of our own blindness and our failure to see the ‘signs’ of God’s love operating in our everyday lives. Sometimes we can get so caught up in our pride that we too become blind and start testing and questioning the Lord when things don't go our way.
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