[Grem] *****SPAM(5.2)***** Gospel meditation (Bp.Barron)

[Emoke Greschik]

Friends, in today’s Gospel, we learn of a person possessed by a demon. *Jesus
meets the man and drives out the demon, but then is immediately accused of
being in league with Satan. Some of the witnesses said, “By the power of
Beelzebul, the prince of demons, he drives out demons.”*

*Jesus’ response is wonderful in its logic and laconicism*:* “Every kingdom
divided against itself will be laid waste and house will fall against
house. And if Satan is divided against himself, how will his kingdom
stand?”*

*The demonic power is always one of scattering. It breaks up* *communion*.*
But Jesus, as always, is the voice of communio, of one bringing things back
together.*

*Think back to Jesus’ feeding of the five thousand.* *Facing a large,
hungry crowd, his disciples beg him to “dismiss the crowds so that they can
go to the villages and buy food for themselves.” But Jesus answers, “There
is no need for them to go away; give them some food yourselves.” *

*Whatever drives the Church* *apart* *is an echo of this “dismiss the
crowds” impulse*, *and a reminder of the demonic tendency to divide*. *In
times of trial and threat, this is a very common instinct.* *We blame,
attack, break up, and disperse.* *But Jesus is right: “There is no need for
them to go away."*


*Imádkozzál érettünk, Istennek szent Anyja!  Hogy méltók lehessünk Krisztus
ígéreteire!  Könyörögjünk! Kérünk téged, Úristen, öntsd lelkünkbe szent
kegyelmedet, hogy akik az angyali üzenet által szent Fiadnak, Jézus
Krisztusnak megtestesülését megismertük, az ő kínszenvedése és keresztje
által a föltámadás dicsőségébe vitessünk! Krisztus, a mi Urunk által. Ámen.*
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