A reading from the holy gospel according to
Mark (8, 11-13)
The Pharisees came and began to argue with him,
asking him for a sign from heaven, to test him. And he sighed deeply in his
spirit and said, “Why does this generation ask for a sign? Truly I tell you, no
sign will be given to this generation.” And he left them, and getting into the
boat again, he went across to the other side.
This is the gospel of the Lord.
The four
gospels are full of signs Jesus performed openly. Some signs Jesus performed
because people in need asked him. We see him cleansing the lepers, giving sight
to blind men, healing the sick that were brought to him and raising Lazarus
from the dead. Others he performed on his own initiative like when he raised
from the dead the son of the widow at Nain and when he fed thousands of people in
a deserted place with only some loaves of bread and a few small fish. Many saw
Jesus doing these things and heard him preach the good news. These signs by
themselves spoke clearly about who Jesus was.
