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Mark 16:1-8

Holy Week provides a great opportunity for us to answer the question Jesus predicts his disciples will receive: Why are you doing this?

The crowds are astonished at Jesus' teaching. The disciples are in fear of what is to come in Jerusalem. Are we astonished or in fear? Do we know what Jesus has done for us? The depth of God's mercy to us in Jesus is taken for granted. When we understand the grace shown to us by God, it affects how we show love toward others.

Mankind has always had a tendency to settle, to believe that the way things currently are is the best it’s ever going to get. And so, we grow comfortable and complacent and because of this, we often don’t realize that there is more. That there might be a better way to live. In John’s Gospel today, we get to hear Jesus teach that God wants more than just, “doing okay” for you.

John 2:13-22

It is always astonishing to reflect on who Jesus truly is. Unfortunately, we live in a world in which this gets muddled. Amid the apathy of the world to speak the truth about the person of Jesus Christ and His action for this world, we strive to hold firm the confession of Jesus Christ.