00:00He spent the second part of the day at his friends' house, as narrated in the Gospel of
00:22Mark 1:29-31. When they left the synagogue, Jesus went home with James and John.
00:31Simon and Andrew's mother-in-law was in bed with a fever. Jesus was told about her and he came to her.
00:41And taking her by the hand, he lifted her up. At once her fever broke and she began to care for them.
00:47The evangelist intentionally highlights where Jesus comes from and where he is going, because this journey
00:56It is very important to him. On the other hand, he specifies the names of his companions, Santiago and Juan.
01:05The itinerary is just as important as who you travel with. He goes to his friends' houses in company.
01:12of other friends. Being in the synagogue with pious people was just as important as the atmosphere of
01:20She had trust and friendship with her closest friends. Being with them was one of her priorities. She had no...
01:28That way was a waste of time, but rather to approach the source of intimate friendship to oxygenate his
01:35His heart was filled with the pure air of his friends' love. The soul of the young teacher from Galilee was not satisfied.
01:43with the praise and admiration of the crowds. He needed the warmth of the confidence that springs from the
01:50Friendship. There was so much work, so much opposition from religious authorities, and so many attacks.
01:59of the unclean spirits, that Jesus needed to recharge his batteries to be able to face all the
02:05battles. Let's remember when Simon's mother-in-law was in bed with a fever. This miracle is very
02:13significant, since it attempted to graphically describe what the transition from synagogue to home entails
02:21of Peter, that is, from the Old to the New Testament. The evangelist presents us with a person with all
02:30The aggravating factors were that she was a woman, ill, and a mother-in-law. Women were not considered credible subjects. Furthermore,
02:42She was sick, useless, and a burden to everyone. To top it all off, she was a mother-in-law.
02:52The first thing we must understand is that fever was not a disease in itself, but a symptom of another.
03:00It's a serious disorder. Therefore, it won't primarily treat the symptoms, but rather the root cause of its severity.
03:08temperature. What the evangelist wants to show us is that Jesus heals the whole person, not just the external aspects.
03:18as the inner self. His fever was the symptom of the illness, and the illness is a harbinger of the
03:28Death. Jesus comes to free us from death, which is a consequence of sin. The fever of fear,
03:37Insecurity, sadness, and loneliness disappear when the root of the problem is healed, which in this case,
03:46sin. Jesus approached and, taking her by the hand, lifted her up, although they certainly spoke to him about her.
03:56It is Jesus who takes the initiative to approach the sick woman, eliminating prejudices and drawing near to her.
04:04woman. Mark uses the same verb that is used when Jesus rises from the dead, to rise, because the Messiah
04:14He comes to give life to those who live prostrate because of the consequences of sin. Peter's mother-in-law was left
04:22free of fever, and she began to serve him. As soon as she got up, she began to serve him. When Saint Matthew,
04:33In chapter 8, he tells us this; note that the restored woman served. She served the wonderful
04:41the healer who had cured him. However, Saint Mark specifies that he served both Jesus and
04:50His disciples, because one cannot attend to Jesus without attending to his disciples and serving his disciples,
04:58which is the same as doing it with Jesus. The teacher is not a self-sufficient superhero, but rather accepts
05:06The service. It doesn't hide its needs. It is precisely through them that it offers others the
05:15an opportunity to feel useful and valued. She, the useless one, was incapable of providing service.
05:22Some. It helps the whole community. Their life has meaning in serving others. It's about a
05:31true resurrection, for it restores to life those who were bedridden in helplessness.
05:38The message of this miracle is not that Jesus is like cold water that lowers the temperature, but that he has come
05:46to resurrect all those who have not discovered the purpose of their lives. If the synagogue represents in
05:54In a way, the Old Testament, Simon's house symbolizes the New Testament. To move on to the New
06:01Testament is about rising from uselessness and finding the meaning of service that life has. Only in
06:10Jesus makes that transition. Jesus empowers his friends for service, thus giving meaning to their lives.
06:19How fascinating is the person, life, and mission of Jesus of Nazareth! How fascinating it is to spend a day with him!
06:28next to Jesus. He spent a third of the day at the city gate. At nightfall, when it was already
06:38When the sun had set, they brought all the sick and demon-possessed to Jesus, and the whole town gathered at the door.
06:47Jesus healed many people of all kinds of diseases and cast out many demons, but he did not allow
06:54The demons spoke because they knew him. If a man has a wayward and rebellious son, who
07:03He disobeys his father and mother, and does not listen to them when they rebuke him, his father and his mother
07:11They will present him to the elders of the place at the city gate. The Gospel also reached
07:19commercial life and the courts of justice. It was not limited to the four walls of the synagogue nor to
07:27the intimacy of friends. It had to transform society. Jesus did not confine the good news to a
07:35structure, much less to a place, but he himself made it present in the most common relationships
07:43of men. It lost its scent of incense and became clothed in the sweat of the workers, facing
07:51those who sell the poor or take advantage of the defenseless widow. The Gospel encompasses both
07:59men who trust as well as those most interested in temporal realities, for it is a kingdom of
08:06Justice and peace in the Holy Spirit. Romans 14:17. The good news of salvation is not limited to
08:17Intimacy, even when cloaked in religion or faithful practices, cannot be contained.
08:24It's not confined to a temple, nor is it reserved for a specific type of person. It has no boundaries. Jesus healed many and cast them out.
08:35Many demons. The best are supposed to be the ones in the business world and commercial life.
08:43gifted and prepared, so we must deduce that Jesus healed other types of ailments, the
08:50diseases of the political and commercial environment, injustice and plunder, bribery and slander.
09:00These are precisely the terrible diseases that Jesus comes to heal. On the other hand, he drives out the
09:08Demons that supplant God in commerce and the economy, the God of money. Free man.
09:17of greed, which is the origin of all evil.
