your brothers are outside asking for you.” He replied, “Who are my mother and my brothers?”
And looking around at those who sat there, he said, “Here are my mother and my brothers.
Whoever does the will of God is brother and sister and mother to me.”
Reflect
“The will of God needs to be discerned.” We are challenged to listen attentively to God’s words
when he speaks to us through the scriptures. Further, God’s will is always oriented toward the
good. Actions resulting to the building up of healthy relationships essentially indicate that we are
doing the will of God. Clearly, we are members of God’s family. We are called not to turn our back
from this familial relation with God. We actualize our status as God’s children whenever we do
his will. In today’s Gospel, Jesus emphasizes that his mother and brothers are those who do the
will of God. Jesus actually highlights what his earthly family members have exemplified. Mary,
for example, is always characterized by her discerning attitude and by her docility to let God’s
words be done in her. This was concretized in the way she took care of Jesus and Joseph.
Jesus’ familial relation is now extended to everyone who discerns God’s will and listens to
God’s words while concretizing them through the creation of a familial love with others under
God’s fatherhood.
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