Hello everyone! Heyo! Welcome back to Scattering Flowers with Elise and Miles, a podcast where we read the daily gospels and the Saint of the Day.
Let’s get started! Today is Tuesday, January 13th, and the gospel reading is Mark 1, 21-28, and the scripture to reflect on is Mark 1, 25.
But Jesus rebuked him, saying, Be silent and come out of him.
Have you ever arm wrestled with your friends or a sibling to see who the stronger one is?
There is a scene in a Peanuts movie where Snoopy arm wrestles against Lucy, and Snoopy of course wins because he gives Lucy a big kiss.
Today’s gospel reading made me think about arm wrestling.
The story is about how when Jesus was on earth, he shows the power to cast out demons, heal the sick and injured, control weather, and even raise people from the dead.
He was and is stronger than anything else.
Today’s Saint of the Day is St.
Hilary of Poitiers.
He was born 310 and died 368.
He is a patron saint of children with disabilities.
Did you know that St.
Hilary of Poitiers' name means happy in Latin?
St.
Hilary loved to read.
He read everything he could find looking for answers to some big questions.
Who are we?
Why are we here?
Who is God?
One day he read copies of the Old Testament and the Gospels and found the answers to his questions.
Hilary read that Jesus is the Savior of the world, and Hilary believed this immediately.
The truth is so good that Hilary wanted to sing about it.
He wrote some of the first hymns in the Western world based on beautiful truths he read in the stories of Moses and Jesus as a way to spread the Gospel around the globe.
Jesus proved his authority and strength.
We can still rely on him today.
He takes care of us and is stronger than anything we can imagine.
Pope Pius IX formally recognized St.
Hilary as a Doctor of the Church in 1851.
Hilary showed prudence and moderation in his efforts to overcome the Arian heresy.
Instead of complaining, Hilary accepted his exile and made the best of it.
And while knowing his dangers, he continued to know the faith and accept the consequences with patience.
Let’s pray.
In the name of the Father, and the Son, and the Holy Spirit.
Dear God, help us to trust in you and to make you authority in our lives.
Thank you for your love.
And help us to read your word and love it just like St.
Hilary did.
St.
Hilary of Poitiers, pray for us.
Amen.
In the name of the Father, and the Son, and the Holy Spirit.
Amen.
Thank you so much for listening.
We’ll be back tomorrow scattering more flowers.
See ya! Bye!