He ordered them not to tell anyone. But the more he ordered them not to,the more they proclaimed it.They were exceedingly astonished and they said, "He has done all things well. He makes the deaf hear and the mute speak." (Mk 7:31-37)
https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/020924.cfm
The Messianic Secret is an interesting part of the Gospel According to Mark. Perhaps, the gospel writer wants us to know that it is not through the healings nor any of the other miraculous signs that we know who Jesus truly is. Rather, after Jesus dies on the Cross, it is the pagan centurion who sees the manner of his death and makes the startling confession: “Truly this man was the Son of God!”
These reflections are a result of more than 40 years of ministry as a Roman Catholic priest. Most of these years I spent in the Diocese of Charlotte which covers Western North Carolina. Now I am retired, and live in Medellín, Colombia where I continue to serve as a priest in the Archdiocese of Medellín.
Friday, Week V, Ordinary Time
