February 8, Wednesday, 5th Week in Ordinary Time
Genesis 2:4b-9; Mark k 7:14-23
The creation of man is the apex of the creation account. The second account of the creation of man in Genesis 2 underlines, on the one hand, man’s “creatureliness”, that man is dust; on the other hand, man has an awesome dignity - the breath of life in man is from God. There is something “divine” in all men and women. Man has a “soul.” There is in each person a “spark of the divine” not present in other creatures. God has, in creating man, shared His own life with lowly man.
Unfortunately, the painful story of man is that many times man has marred the “shadow of the divine” in man. The many inhumanities committed against the weak and vulnerable, women and children, offends the God who has his image in each and every human person. Any inhumanity is a disrespect to God who imprinted His image in every person.
The Sudanese Saint Josephine Bakhita, whose memorial we celebrate today, is a statement of our faith against the brutal history of slavery and inhumanity. But Bakhita became a Saint not because she suffered so much but because when she received the Faith, she would be able to pray and forgive all who made her suffer. Though wounded in her “creatureliness” she was able to make the “spark of the divine” in her to rise and mirror the face of our God who forgives.
Radio Veritas Asia (RVA), a media platform of the Catholic Church, aims to share Christ. RVA started in 1969 as a continental Catholic radio station to serve Asian countries in their respective local language, thus earning the tag “the Voice of Asian Christianity.” Responding to the emerging context, RVA embraced media platforms to connect with the global Asian audience via its 21 language websites and various social media platforms.
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