Memorial of Saint Boniface, Bishop and Martyr
(II Timothy 3:7-10; Mark 12:35-37)
The two readings today are deceptively rich in ideas. In the first, St. Paul reminds Timothy of the
different uses of Scripture. Beyond its help
in praying, the Word of God instructs and can be used to refute mistaken
beliefs. In today’s gospel Jesus employs
Scripture for this third purpose.
Jesus has won the crowd’s esteem by overcoming the
challenges of his religious adversaries.
Now he instructs the people with a display of mastery over the Holy
Writ. He brings up a claim of the scribes
that the Messiah is merely the Son of David.
Later he will tell the Sanhedrin later that he is the Messiah, the Son
of God who will sit on God’s right hand.
For now, he just shows that even David recognizes that the Messiah (or
Christ) is more than his Son; he is also his Lord. Jesus uses Psalm 110 to make his point. David presumedly wrote the psalm, which says:
“The Lord [that is God] said to my Lord [that is Christ], ‘Sit at my
right hand …’”
We cannot underestimate the value of Scripture. St. Jerome
said, "Ignorance of Scripture is ignorance of Christ." Scripture is like a roadmap to get us through
life safely. If we do not consult it
regularly, we are going to get lost.
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