"Behold, I Come to do Your Will"

In the first reading of today’s liturgy, Hebrews 10: 1-10, we  are reminded that “Sacrifice and offering [God]  did not desire, but a body you prepared for me; in burnt offerings and sin offerings you took no delight. Then I said, As is written of me in the scroll, Behold, I come to do you will, O God.”  Sacrifices and offerings are offered according to the law.  These sacrifices do not take sin away and God does not delight in them. God wants us to follow His will.  In today’s Gospel, Mark 3: 31-35, Jesus proclaims that those who do the will of the Father are mother, brother, and sister to Him.  We enter into an intimate relationship with the Trinity when we seek and do God’s will.  Grace flows abundantly into us and through us to others when we are in harmony with what God asks of us. It was through Jesus carrying out the will of the Father, being obedient unto death, that we have been saved, sanctified, and reconciled to our God.  External sacrifices and offerings do not have sanctifying or reconciling power. Obedience to God’s will does, as Jesus modeled for us.

Lord, may I have the strength to sacrifice my will to you through an obedience  that leads to my giving  loving, caring, compassionate service to others and recognizing you as my Sovereign God, my King and Master, my Bridegroom, the Shepherd of my soul, my God and my All!