My mother and my brothers are those who hear the word of God and act on it.
We expect Jesus to turn away from the crowd in favor of his family. Instead, he seizes a teachable moment and delights the people, no doubt, by announcing that those who hear the word of God and act on it are his family.
Family provides us with an organic experience of intimacy and status that helps us to comprehend God’s love, to know ourselves as God’s beloved children. Yet this model may fail those who have not had healthy, loving experiences of family.
*Let us pray today especially for families that are broken or dysfunctional, as well as for those who have no family. For the grace to treat all people as beloved brothers and sisters, we pray.
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