January 23, 2025 – Gospel of the day – Fr. Pedro Brassesco

In the gospel of this Thursday we hear that Jesus withdrew with his disciples to the seashore and many people from Galilee followed him, upon hearing what he was doing, a large crowd of Judeans from Jerusalem from Idumea from Transjordan also went to meet him. And from the region of Tire and Sidon he then ordered his disciples to prepare a boat for him so that the crowd would not crowd him, because as he healed many of those who were suffering some evil is thrown, they went on him to touch him and the impure spirits as soon as they saw him, they threw themselves at his feet shouting, you are the son of god, but Jesus strictly ordered them not to reveal it. Today’s gospel presents Jesus to us followed by a multitude, the text mentions some places to signify the variety of origins of these people, when they found out what Jesus was doing, the text says, for now there is no talk of his preaching, contrary to the attitude of the Pharisees that we have heard In these days when they murmur and suspect Jesus, the crowd recognizes something particular in their activity. Jesus attracts. This is important because as a church, as Christians, we should ask ourselves if what we do attracts others and if our call is only to those close to us or like that of Jesus. It makes many excited beyond our sexy attentional territories, even the demons recognized his identity although Jesus orders them not to say it since the crowd must make their own process based on what the Lord does and says. begin to understand who he truly is, not a simple healer but the son of God. The text invites us to see that the people are capable of discovering and following Jesus. The Pharisees, on the other hand, do not mean that we should never despise the sensitivity of the multitude that knows how to discover Jesus. God in their lives attracted by what makes them so, we others as collaborators of the mission of Jesus in our time want to be a church that attracts and is capable of leading everyone to God yes or all of his in addition you will have to tell yes On our way back, let us pray this prayer together, Lord, turn our pastoral options into proposals capable of attracting our brothers to your presence. May the blessing of Almighty God, the father of the son and the Holy Spirit, always accompany you and yes.