Relationship detects an Unclean Spirit

The author of the Book of Hebrews, one of the texts of the Roman Catholic Lectionary today is positioning Jesus as the action of the Divine to bring about the full relationship with God which Jewish tradition has known and anticipated. The entry of God into the history of humanity is a manifestation of the love and delight with which the Divine relates to creation as proclaimed by many psalmists. The Creator puts humanity in creation with gifts of knowledge and understanding to live as co-creators and maintainers. The Gospel of Mark portrays the ordinary humanity of Jesus and the extraordinary link to the spiritual universe which draws the indwelling Spirit of humans. The evil spirits which possess human will, at times, are also disturbed by the Presence brought intimately by Jesus. Mark and the author of Hebrews exhibit Jesus redemptive power to triumph over evil and sin.