Gospel: Mark 3: 22-30
How often is it the case that we grow comfortable with the demons that possess us and exist within our communities! Whenever someone seeks to deliver us from this possession we protest. To expel the demon is to expose us for tolerating it and making peace with it for so long. To expel the demon is to expose our religiosity as the sham that it is. And so whether the demon exists in our place of worship or in any other part of society we simply let it be.
This was the case in Jesus' ministry. In every story of exorcism someone is there to offer protest, just as we do in today's Gospel portion. The opposition against Jesus liberating others is so absurd that they accuse him of doing so by the power of the devil himself. The opposition has grown so comfortable with their demons that they will seek to do away with the one who expels them, and in so doing consort with evil itself.
What evils do we tolerate in our allegiances to political agendas and regimes? What demons are we willing to excuse and let be in order to maintain our good status with the powers of this world? If we are willing to sacrifice others for the sake of political expedience then we crucify Christ all over again in the person of another. Today is our day to commit to rejecting evil wherever we find it, to be rid of our demons once and for all.
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