Cycle B
Good News B14a
Ninth Sunday in Ordinary
Time
Mark 2:23-28 New
American Bible
Mark 2:23 and Mark 3:6 Bible Gateway New International
Version
Mark 2:23 to Mark 3:6 Bible Gateway Contemporary English
Version
“The Sabbath Was Made for Man”
In today’s
Gospel, the Pharisees tried to trick Jesus and catch him breaking the Jewish
laws of the Sabbath. The disciples passed through a field of wheat on the
Sabbath and ate a few grains because they were hungry. They were not gathering the whole
field to get pay from the farmer. But the Pharisees accused them of breaking
the law, of working on the Sabbath. Jesus explained how even David ate the holy
bread on the Sabbath when he and his friends were hungry. Jesus said the
Sabbath was made for man. Man was not made for the Sabbath. The Pharisees were
upset when Jesus healed a man with one small shriveled up hand. Jesus said that
the Sabbath was a day for Man to spend time thanking his creator for all his
blessings. It was a day for Man to receive special blessings from God.
Indeed the Sabbath is a day to do things to
help you grow closer to God. Make your own plans now for what you will do. Read
the Scriptures. Draw a picture of Jesus healing people. Pray for peace in the
world. Ask God to bless the leaders of all countries so that they work together
to save lives rather than take lives away by war. Ask God to help you use your
money wisely. Give part of your money to God. Out of the money you have saved
in your piggy bank, give part to your parents to help pay the sales taxes on
the groceries they buy. When you don’t waste what God gives you, he will give
you more.
Say the “Our Father.” Then sit and spend time
thanking God for all your blessings: your parents, the food on your table, the
doctors and nurses who help keep you well, and tell God how much you love him.
“Our Father, who art in Heaven,
Hallowed
be Thy name.
Thy kingdom come.
Thy will
be done,
On earth
as it is in heaven.
Give us
this day, our daily bread.
And
forgive us our trespasses,
As we
forgive those who trespass against us.
And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil. Amen.
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