My dear brothers and sisters in Christ, today’s liturgy offers us a striking contrast between the royal public worship of the Old Covenant a...
My dear brothers and sisters in Christ, today’s liturgy offers us a striking contrast between the royal public worship of the Old Covenant and the intimate spiritual kinship of the New.
In our first reading, we see King David at the height of his religious fervor. The Ark of God—the very seat of the Divine Presence on earth—is being brought into the City of David. Imagine the scene: the smell of incense, the sound of the horn, and the King of Israel leaping and dancing with "all his might." David’s joy is scandalous to some, like his wife Michal, but it is the joy of a man who knows that without God’s presence, his kingdom is nothing. He offers a sacrifice every six steps. This is a man who understands that every movement of our lives should be an act of Praise. He isn't worried about his dignity or his crown; he is consumed by the majesty of the Creator.
This outward celebration finds its internal fulfillment in the Gospel of Mark. While David celebrated God’s presence in a wooden box, Jesus reveals that God’s presence now dwells within a people. When Jesus is told that His mother and brothers are outside, He looks at those seated around Him and says, “Here are my mother and my brothers.” At first glance, this sounds like a dismissal of Mary, but in reality, it is the highest compliment He could pay her. Mary is the first among us not just because of biology, but because she heard the Word of God and did it.
Jesus is redefining our Parentage. He is telling us that our bond with Him is not defined by DNA, but by our "Yes" to the Father. We are invited to be His family. We see this beautifully reflected in the life of St. Angela Merici, whom we honor today. She looked at the abandoned and uneducated girls of her time and saw her own spiritual "daughters." She founded the Ursulines to give them a family and a future.
As we celebrate this Mass, let us ask ourselves: Is our worship as vibrant as David’s? Is our identity rooted in doing God’s will? May we move from being mere spectators of the Divine to being true kinsmen of Christ, bound by the love of the Father.
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