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Tuesday of the Sixth Week in Ordinary Time - Comprehending the Mysteries of Heaven

Tuesday of the Sixth Week in Ordinary Time - Comprehending the Mysteries of Heaven

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“Do you not yet understand or comprehend? Are your hearts hardened?
Do you have eyes and not see, ears and not hear?” Mark
8:17–18

How would you answer these questions that Jesus posed to His
disciples if He had posed them to you? It takes humility to admit
that you do not yet understand or comprehend, that your heart is in
fact hardened, and that you fail to see and hear all that God has
revealed. Of course there are various levels to these struggles, so
hopefully you do not struggle with them to a grave degree. But if
you can humbly confess that you do struggle with these to a certain
extent, then that humility and honesty will gain you much
grace.

Jesus posed these questions to His disciples within the larger
context of a discussion about the leaven of the Pharisees and
Herod. He knew that the “leaven” of these leaders was like a yeast
that corrupted others. Their dishonesty, pride, desire for honors
and the like had a seriously negative affect upon the faith of
others. So by posing these questions above, Jesus challenged His
disciples to see this evil leaven and to reject it.

Seeds of doubt and confusion are all around us. It seems these days
that almost everything the secular world promotes is in some way
contrary to the Kingdom of God. And yet, just like the disciples’
inability to see the evil leaven of the Pharisees and Herod, we
also frequently fail to see the evil leaven within our society.
Instead, we allow the many errors to confuse us and lead us down
the path of secularism.

One thing this should teach us is that just because someone has
some form of authority or power within society does not mean that
they are a truthful and holy leader. And though it’s never our
place to judge the heart of another, we absolutely must have “ears
to hear” and “eyes to see” the many errors that are held up within
our world as good. We must constantly seek to “understand and
comprehend” the laws of God and use them as a guide against the
lies within the world. One important way to make sure we do this
well is to make sure that our hearts never become hardened to the
truth.

Reflect, today, upon these questions of our Lord and examine them
especially within the broader context of society as a whole.
Consider the false “leaven” taught by our world and by so many in
positions of authority. Reject these errors and recommit yourself
to the full embrace of the holy mysteries of Heaven so that those
truths and those truths alone become your daily guide.

My glorious Lord, I thank You for being the Lord of all Truth.
Help me to daily turn my eyes and ears to that Truth so that I will
be able to see the evil leaven all around me. Give me wisdom and
the gift of discernment, dear Lord, so that I will be able to
immerse myself into the mysteries of Your holy life. Jesus, I trust
in You.

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