The gospel for Wednesday of the seventh week in Ordinary Time is taken from Mark 9th chapter 38th to the 40th verse. John said to Jesus, teacher, we saw someone driving out demons in your name, and we tried to prevent him because he does not follow us. Jesus replied, do not prevent him. There is no one who performs a mighty deed in my name who can at the same time speak ill of me. For whoever is not against us is for us. What this passage says to me is that there is a truth that God is revealing through Jesus.

When you’re in that truth, that truth is then producing the abundance of goodness that is promised. So what we see here is that anyone who seeks to love, to seek to serve, to seek to give life to others, they are in the kingdom. Whether they are followers of a particular religion or not. It’s where their heart is that counts. And if you live in the truth, you will be fruitfully abundant. Foreign Closing Prayer Father, love is what you call us all.

To live in, to be love to others. It is the mysterious power that changes the world and opens people to the light. Whenever we’re loving, or whoever is loving is doing the work of the kingdom. Bless us with understanding as we witness love’s transforming power. And we ask this in Jesus name, Amen.