15th Sunday of Ordinary Time – Greener Grass
Mark 6:7-13 | 15th Sunday of Ordinary Time, Year B Greener Grass It’s easy to think the grass is greener on the other side, isn’t it? Then once on the other side, it’s easy to look back and see greener…
14th Sunday of Ordinary Time – Designed for Growth
Mark 6:1-6 | 14th Sunday of Ordinary Time, Year B Designed for Growth When I visit the town where I grew up, I sometimes feel I revert back to the 18 year old I was when I left. I don’t…
13th Sunday of Ordinary Time – Healing for All
Mark 5:21-43 | 13th Sunday of Ordinary Time, Year B Healing for All The stories of Jairius’s daughter and the hemorrhaging woman in Mark underscore the availability of Jesus’s healing to all. A well-off synagogue official, Jairus was at the…
12th Sunday of Ordinary Time- Waking the Captain
Mark 4:35-41 | 12th Sunday of Ordinary Time, Year B Waking the Captain Does Mark really say that Jesus sent His disciples into a storm, the thing fisherman would fear the most, and then fell asleep, leaving them to cope…
11th Sunday of Ordinary Time – Growth—“Of its own accord”
Mark 4:26-34 | 11th Sunday of Ordinary Time, Year B Growth—“Of its own accord” Matthew, Mark, and Luke all tell the parable of the Mustard Seed. The inclusion of the parable in all three synoptic gospels underscores the importance of…
Body and Blood of Christ – The Eucharist—the Breaking of Temporal Bonds
Mark 14:12-16, 22-26 | Body and Blood of Christ, Year B The Eucharist—the Breaking of Temporal Bonds When Jesus entered Jerusalem for what was to be the last time, it was on a high note. On Palm Sunday, He was…