Changed By God To Make A Difference For God

What are we to make of all those exorcisms Jesus is doing? Then there's St. Paul, talking about not losing heart, even in the midst of terrible suffering. What's that all about? In a word: Rescue, God's rescue of God's good creation and its people from the malevolent powers of Sin and Evil. But how? Listen to what Father Maney has to say about it all and resolve to put your hope and trust in the one who loves you and wants to claim you as his own—Jesus, our crucified and risen Lord and Savior. Lectionary texts for today are 1 Samuel 8.4-20, 11.14-15; Psalm 138; 2 Corinthians 4.13-5.5; Mark 3.20-35.