By
Charles Muchiri
Saturday
of the Forth week in Ordinary Time
Readings
for Mass
First Reading: First Kings 3: 4-13
Responsorial Psalm: Psalms 119: 9,
10, 11, 12, 13, 14
Gospel: Mark 6: 30-34
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| Christ the Teacher |
The
response of today’s Responsorial Psalms captures the day’s theme: “Lord, teach me your statutes” Psalms 119: (12b)
According
to the Free Dictionary, a Statute is a law enacted by a legislature: A decree or edict, as of a
ruler: An established law or rule.
As Christians, our Statutes have been enacted by God Himself!
And who best to pronounce God’s very
edicts other than God the Son, the one who was sent by God the Father to come
and reconcile the World with His love!
That is why, in the Gospel, Christ
embarks on teaching these very edicts to the people who came searching for Him.
“When he disembarked and saw the vast crowd, his heart was moved with pity for
them, for they were like sheep without a shepherd; and he began to teach them
many things,” (Mark 6: 34)
The people of those olden times must
have been extremely blessed to have been taught about God, by God Himself, God
the Son.
Today, we are also blessed. We have
the Bible; the very word of God. And we also have the Church, and her
teachings, the Magisterium! How blessed then, can it get!
And the Lord’s teachings are more important that all the worlds’ riches
combined or anything else earthly.
“I find joy in the way of your decrees more than in all
riches” (Psalms 119: 14)
That is why, in the First reading,
Solomon, the brand new; youthful King of Israel who has just succeeded his
father David, seeks of all the other things – God’s understanding, God's discernment,
God's wisdom!
“Give your servant,
therefore, an understanding heart to judge your people and to distinguish right
from wrong. For who is able to govern this vast people of yours?" (1 Kings 3: 9)
And as Christians today, we can
tap into this God’s wisdom – from both the Bible and through the custodian of
Christ’s authority on earth, the Church and her Magisterium.
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