[Grem] Gospel meditation (Bp. Barron)

[Emoke Greschik]

 Friends, in today’s Gospel, *Jesus teaches in the synagogue at
Capernaum.* *One
of the things that he comes to do is to teach, *for at the root of our
troubles and our suffering is a powerful clouding of the mind. What is it
like to be in the same room with Jesus? T*he people “were astonished at his
teaching because he spoke with authority.” *
*“Astonished*” is a pretty strong word. But we have to understand the tenor
of the time. *When a Jewish rabbi would speak, he would reference his
teacher—another rabbi—who in turn had learned from another rabbi and he
from another and so on. Finally, appeal would be made, implicitly or
otherwise, to Moses, who had received the word and commandments of God on
Mt. Sinai*.
*What makes Jesus’ teaching so striking—apart from the content, which is
striking enough—is his manner of teaching. He doesn’t appeal to “Rabbi so
and so” and finally back to Moses. He teaches on his own authority. *The
Greek word behind “authority” here is instructive—*exousia*, which means *“from
his own being.” *He moves through his public life, Chesterton said, like a
lightning bolt.

*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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