Holy Gospel of Jesus Christ according to Saint Mark 11,11-26
Jesus entered Jerusalem and went into the temple area. He looked around at everything and, since it was already late, went out to Bethany with the Twelve.
The next day as they were leaving Bethany he was hungry.
Seeing from a distance a fig tree in leaf, he went over to see if he could find anything on it. When he reached it he found nothing but leaves; it was not the time for figs.
And he said to it in reply, “May no one ever eat of your fruit again!” And his disciples heard it.
They came to Jerusalem, and on entering the temple area he began to drive out those selling and buying there. He overturned the tables of the money changers and the seats of those who were selling doves.
He did not permit anyone to carry anything through the temple area.
Then he taught them saying, “Is it not written: ‘My house shall be called a house of prayer for all peoples’? But you have made it a den of thieves.”
The chief priests and the scribes came to hear of it and were seeking a way to put him to death, yet they feared him because the whole crowd was astonished at his teaching.
When evening came, they went out of the city.
Early in the morning, as they were walking along, they saw the fig tree withered to its roots.
Peter remembered and said to him, “Rabbi, look! The fig tree that you cursed has withered.”
Jesus said to them in reply, “Have faith in God.
Amen, I say to you, whoever says to this mountain, ‘Be lifted up and thrown into the sea,’ and does not doubt in his heart but believes that what he says will happen, it shall be done for him.
Therefore I tell you, all that you ask for in prayer, believe that you will receive it and it shall be yours.
When you stand to pray, forgive anyone against whom you have a grievance, so that your heavenly Father may in turn forgive you your transgressions.”
Have Faith
1) Hungry: The first thing he shows us is that Jesus was hungry. Our lives are marked by needs; all of us have needs and this is normal. The problem is when we create excess needs: when we think we’ll die without the latest gaming system, or that new car. It is a problem because it is not the external that begins to dry up, but it is your true self, the internal, that dries up and withers, because you don’t enjoy the simple things in life any more. Life is not about money it’s about attitude.
2) Zeal: Jesus removes from the temple those who abuse it and don’t respect the house of God; His sacred place. This is something we have to deal with: the care of the sacred. The topic of how to dress when going to mass is included in this. I’m not saying that you must go dressed as a nun or a priest, with a cassock, but dress discreetly, knowing you are going to a place consecrated to God. Caring for the sacred also means respecting beliefs and rites… respecting them and teaching others to respect them.
3) Faith: Faith moves everything in your life; it is what allows you to continue on; to keep going when you don’t have the strength to go on. It is that plus the believer has in the day-to-day setbacks.
Have faith, and you will be a giant of life!
May the Sacred Heart protect you and may God-bless you in the name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. Remember, heaven is our goal!
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