In today's Gospel, Mark 3: 31-35, Jesus' mother, brothers and sisters go to see Jesus. Jesus was surrounded by a crowd of people and they could not get to Him. So word was sent to Jesus about his family being outside of the house wanting to see Him. Jesus asks: "'Who are my mother and my brothers?' And looking around at those seated in the circle he said, 'Here are my mother and my brothers. For whoever does the will of God is my brother and sister and mother.'" Jesus, of course, is not snubbing His family. He is enlarging it to include all who do the will of His Father, which, of course, is modeled by his own biological family.
All of us have both a biological and a spiritual family. We are all one in Christ Jesus, who teaches us and empowers us to carry out the will of His Father. In doing so we are Jesus' brothers and sisters and mother and also brother and sister and mother to one another. May we grow in this realization of who we are to one another and who the other is to us! As "mothers" to one another may we care for each other in love and compassion and offer the support each of us needs on this journey to eternity.
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