Por Fr. Ed Liptak, SDB<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In the third chapter of\u00a0St. Mark\u2019s Gospel, the enemies of Jesus are already named: the Scribes and Pharisees from olden days, and the devil, His enemy from time immemorial. The first reading from Genesis on this 10th Sunday in Ordinary Time identifies the devil by name, Satan, the\u00a0enemy too of all humankind. Our primal parents looked to blame Satan for their immense sin. They wanted to be gods. They may have been tricked by the devil, but their evil desire to know good and evil and be like God was their own dark responsibility. By them, the human race was poisoned, and our need for redemption was established. Our lifelong battle was joined.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n St. Paul in I Corinthians placed our human conflict with evil in early Christian days.\u00a0He reminded us that Jesus took on humanity so that He, together with\u00a0us,\u00a0could conquer death.\u00a0Our human state wastes away. Even more so, that will be true in the corruption of the tomb. But Paul encourages himself and us,\u00a0\u201cKnowing that the one who raised the Lord Jesus\u00a0will raise us also with Jesus\u00a0and place us with you in his presence.\u201c\u00a0<\/em>In our battle with the devil, we are never alone. With Jesus, there is hope in life shared with Him beyond the grave.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Chapter three of St. Mark\u2019s Gospel already places Jesus in direct conflict with an elder from Jerusalem He and others traveled to investigate all the signs Jesus was working north of the Lake. Christ had burst\u00a0in on\u00a0the elites\u2019 religious and social comfortable scene, and they had already begun to plan his death.\u00a0Devils had been proclaiming of Jesus,\u00a0\u201cYou are the Son of God.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n That was a message from hell. The elite heard it and declared before Jesus and His admiring crowd, \u201cBy the power of Beelzebub [foe of God} He casts out demons<\/em>.\u201d Jesus gave that false god a more familiar name, saying,\u00a0\u201cIf it is by the power of Satan, I drive out demons,\u201d t<\/em>hen\u00a0<\/em>added,\u00a0\u201cHow can Satan drive out Satan?\u201d<\/em>\u00a0Jesus came not to judge us but to save us. But He did pronounce terrible judgment on His enemies. \u201cAmen, I say to you, all sins and all blasphemies that people utter will be forgiven\u00a0them.\u00a0But whoever blasphemes against the Holy Spirit\u00a0will never have forgiveness but is guilty of an everlasting sin. For they had said, He has an unclean spirit.\u201d\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/em>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/em>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Faith places upon us the\u00a0need to be aware that we are in a struggle. Mysterious forces draw us toward evil.\u00a0 Jesus gives us its source, Satan. Our own self-knowledge suggests that at times our own tendencies are sufficient. We don\u2019t need Satan At all times, we do need Jesus to win out battles with evil.<\/p>\n\n\n\n O\u00a0Victor King! Save us!<\/em><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" By Fr. Ed Liptak, SDB In the third chapter of\u00a0St. Mark\u2019s Gospel, the enemies of Jesus are already named: the Scribes and Pharisees from olden days, and the devil, His enemy from time immemorial. The first reading from Genesis on this 10th Sunday in Ordinary Time identifies the devil by name, Satan, the\u00a0enemy too of all humankind. 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