“The Blind Man of Bethsaida” (3 panels)
Mark 8:22-26 in a tercet
Wednesday of the Sixth Week in Ordinary Time
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… Read the restWhen they arrived at Bethsaida, they brought to him a blind man and begged him to touch him. He
Healing of the Gerasene Demoniac
A reflection on Mark 5:1-20
Monday of the Fourth Week in Ordinary Time
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… Read the restThey came to the other side of the sea, to the territory of the Gerasenes. When he got out of the boat, at once a man from the tombs who had an unclean spirit met him. The
Blessed Bartimaeus
A reflection on Mark 10:46-52
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As Jesus was leaving Jericho with his disciples and a sizable crowd, Bartimaeus, a blind man, the son of Timaeus, sat by the roadside begging. On hearing that it was Jesus of Nazareth, he began to cry out and say, “Jesus, son of David, have pity on me.”
Beelzebul: A Pejorative Pun?
A reflection on Matthew 12:22-29, Mark 3:22-27, Luke 11:14-23
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And if Satan drives out Satan, he is divided against himself; how, then, will his kingdom stand? And if I drive out demons by Beelzebul, by whom do your own people drive them out?
The Faith of a Centurion
Luke 7:1-10 “in a snailshell”
Monday of the Twenty-Fourth Week in Ordinary Time
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… Read the restWhen he had finished all his words to the people, he entered Capernaum. A centurion there had a slave who was ill and about to die, and he was valuable to him.
Jesus Heals a Deaf and Mute Man
“Jesus Heals a Deaf and Mute Man” (2 panels)
Mark 7:31-37 “in a snailshell“
Twenty-Third Sunday in Ordinary Time (Year B)
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… Read the restThen Jesus left the vicinity of Tyre and went through Sidon, down to the Sea of Galilee and into the region of the Decapolis.
Christ Makes Us Whole
A reflection on Matthew 9:1-8
Thursday of the Thirteenth Week in Ordinary Time
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… Read the restHe entered a boat, made the crossing, and came into his own town. And there people brought to him a paralytic lying on a stretcher.
Premature Publicity
A reflection on Mark 1:40-45
Sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time (Year B)
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… Read the restA leper came to Jesus and kneeling down begged him and said, “If you wish, you can make me clean.” Moved with pity, he stretched out his hand, touched him, and said to him, “I do will it.
More Than a Medicine Man
A reflection on Mark 1:29-39
Fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time (Year B)
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… Read the restOn leaving the synagogue Jesus entered the house of Simon and Andrew with James and John. Simon’s mother-in-law lay sick with a fever.
I Am the Light of the World
John 8:12
Meditation on Light, Series I, Day 2
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… Read the restJesus spoke to them again, saying, “I am the light of the world. Whoever follows me will not walk in darkness, but will have the light of life.”