In today's 1st reading it is written that they are naked and not ashamed. Our sexuality is much more than just our bodies. It was after sin when they felt ashamed that they were naked. Sexuality is good. We cover our bodies not because our bodies are bad but what’s changed is our attitude. The original meaning of sexuality was restored when Jesus came to earth and delivered us from our sins. Being free of sin renders us with no egotism, no possessiveness, no desire to dominate and without any fear and shame. Let us pray that our egotism be healed and respond to God with faith, humility and love. Amen. Hallelujah!
Genesis 2:18-25
...The man and his wife were both naked, yet they felt no shame.
There may be a lot of things not very clear to us but what really matters most is that we maintain a holy fear in the Lord. Let us not lose this sacred and precious gift of God to us. It is in this gift that we become truly blessed. Amen. Hallelujah!
Psalms 128:1-2, 3, 4-5
R: Blessed are those who fear the Lord.
...who walk in his ways! 2 For you shall eat the fruit of your handiwork; blessed shall you be, and favored...
This woman in today's gospel is pagan. Jesus didn’t want to preach in Tyre and didn't want anybody to know He was there. Jesus seems not inclined to grant the woman’s request. He says, “The children should be fed first, because it is not fair to take the children’s food and throw it to the dogs.” Instead of leave, she agreed to what He said and remarked herself, “Lord, even the dogs under the table eat the children’s scraps.” She was full of faith, humility and love in her heart that Jesus said to her, “For saying this, you may go. The demon has gone out of your daughter.” When the woman went home, she found the child lying in bed and the demon gone. Jesus already healed many and He did so by personally and actually touching them or allowing them to touch Him. This time, Jesus performed a “remote healing.” for this woman's daughter. There is definitely and absolutely no barrier too strong, big and remote for the healing of Jesus to flow. Amen. Hallelujah!
Mark 7:24-30
Jesus went to the district of Tyre. He entered a house and wanted no one to know about it, but he could not escape notice. 25 Soon a woman whose daughter had an unclean spirit heard about him. She came and fell at his feet. 26 The woman was a Greek, a Syrophoenician by birth, and she begged him to drive the demon out of her daughter. 27 He said to her, “Let the children be fed first. For it is not right to take the food of the children and throw it to the dogs.” 28 She replied and said to him, “Lord, even the dogs under the table eat the children’s scraps.” 29 Then he said to her, “For saying this, you may go. The demon has gone out of your daughter.” 30 When the woman went home, she found the child lying in bed and the demon gone.
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