12 February 2025, Wednesday 5th week of Ordinary Time
Gen 2:4b-9,15-17; Mk 7:14-15,17-23
Homily
The Gospel reading we have just heard is a continuation of yesterday's. In it, Mark tells us about one of the difficult and painful encounters between Jesus and the authorities of the people - that is to say, the Pharisees and Scribes - who set themselves the task of finding fault with Him, in order to get rid of Him. Jesus once again calls them hypocrites, because they ended up attaching so much importance to external religious practices that they lost sight of the relationship between these practices and the personal experience of God.