
A reflection on Mark 1:40-45
Thursday of the First Week in Ordinary Time
©️2022 by Gloria M. Chang
… Read the restA leper came to him and kneeling down begged him and said, “If you wish, you can make me clean.” Moved
Journey to Wholeness
… Read the restA leper came to him and kneeling down begged him and said, “If you wish, you can make me clean.” Moved
… Read the restOn leaving the synagogue he entered the house of Simon and Andrew with James and John. Simon’s mother-in-law lay sick with a fever.
… Read the restThey came to Jericho. And as he was leaving Jericho with his disciples and a sizable crowd, Bartimaeus, a blind man, the son of Timaeus, sat by the roadside begging.
… Read the restWhen they came to the crowd a man approached, knelt down before him, and said, “Lord, have pity on my son, for he is a lunatic and suffers severely; often he falls into fire, and often into water.
5th Week in Ordinary Time, Monday (Year I)
Genesis 1:1-19; Mark 6:53-56
In the beginning, when God created the heavens and the earth—and the earth was without form or shape, with darkness over the abyss and a mighty wind sweeping over the waters…
Genesis 1:1-2
… Read the restAbout the fourth watch of the night, he came toward them walking on the sea.
23rd Week in Ordinary Time, Monday (Year II)
Luke 6:6-11
On a certain sabbath Jesus went into the synagogue and taught, and there was a man there whose right hand was withered.… Read the rest
15th Week in Ordinary Time, Saturday (Year II)
Matthew 12:14-21
The Pharisees went out and took counsel against Jesus to put him to death.
What a rabble-rouser, this Jesus! Picking grain on the sabbath, and then healing a man with a withered hand—in the synagogue, of all places!… Read the rest
14th Week in Ordinary Time, Monday (Year II)
Hosea 2:16, 17b-18, 21-22; Matthew 9:18-26
Hosea, a prophetic instrument of God, had the unusual vocation of illustrating with his own life God’s undying love for his people.… Read the rest
12th Week in Ordinary Time, Saturday (Year II)
Matthew 8:5-17
Jesus’ fame as a healer spread far and wide in Palestine, attracting not only lepers but foreigners like the Roman centurion. Jews did not associate with either group; one was “unclean,” the other was “Gentile.”… Read the rest