2/14/2014

This generation asks for a sign

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.