A Reading from the Holy Gospel according to Mark 1:29-39
29 And immediately he left the synagogue, and entered the house of Simon and Andrew, with James and John. 30 Now Simon’s mother-in-law lay sick with a fever, and immediately they told him of her. 31 And he came and took her by the hand and lifted her up, and the fever left her; and she served them. 32 That evening, at sundown, they brought to him all who were sick or possessed with demons. 33 And the whole city was gathered together about the door. 34 And he healed many who were sick with various diseases, and cast out many demons; and he would not permit the demons to speak, because they knew him. 35 And in the morning, a great while before day, he rose and went out to a lonely place, and there he prayed. 36 And Simon and those who were with him pursued him, 37 and they found him and said to him, “Every one is searching for you.” 38 And he said to them, “Let us go on to the next towns, that I may preach there also; for that is why I came out.” 39 And he went throughout all Galilee, preaching in their synagogues and casting out demons.
I am aware that you, God the Father almighty, have to be the main aim of my life, in such a way that every word of mine, every feeling, expresses you.
The exercise of the word, that you have given me, can have no greater reward that that of serving you by making you known, of showing this world that ignores you or… denies you, that you are Father, Father of the only (Son of) God. This is the only aim I have.
Saint Hilary of Poitiers
PL 10, 48
(published by the Priestly Branch of the Focolare Movement)
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