11 February 2026, Wednesday of the 5th week in Ordinary Time
1Kings 10:1-10; Mark 7:14-15, 17-23
Homily
The Gospel reading we have just heard is a continuation of yesterday's. Mark recounts one of the difficult and painful encounters between Jesus and the authorities of the people—that is, the Pharisees and Scribes—who had set themselves the task of finding fault with him in order to get rid of him. Jesus once again calls them hypocrites, because they have come to place so much importance on external religious practices that they have lost sight of the relationship between these practices and the personal experience of God.