A Cord

"Let us go rejoicing to the house of the Lord."
Ezra 6:7-8, 12, 14-20
Lk 8:19-21

"My mother and my brothers are those who hear the word of God and do it." Jesus is giving us two conditions for us to be called his relatives, thus belonging to the same family of God, first, is to hear the word of God, and second, is to do it. What better example can we think of but the example of his own mother! Mary is the model disciple who did not only listen to the word of God but live her life always in obedience to the will of the Father. If we are to belong to the same family of Jesus, we have to do the same. Openness and obedience to the Word will be the sign of our identity as part of the Christian family. That will be the tie that will always bind us together. ♥