Even the Lamb Must Sleep

โ€œEven the Lamb Must Sleepโ€
A reflection on Mark 6:30-32
Sunday of the Sixteenth Week in Ordinary Time (Year B)
ยฉ๏ธ2024 Gloria M. Chang

The apostles gathered together with Jesus and reported all they had done and taught. He said to them, โ€œCome away by yourselves to a deserted place and rest a while.โ€

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Two by Two

โ€œTwo by Twoโ€
Mark 6:7-13 in a quatrain
Sunday of the Fifteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time (Year B)
ยฉ๏ธ2021 Gloria M. Chang (revised in 2024)

He summoned the Twelve and began to send them out two by two and gave them authority over unclean spirits.

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The Rejection at Nazareth

โ€œThe Rejection at Nazarethโ€
A reflection on Mark 6:1-6 (Matthew 13:54-58)
Sunday of the Fourteenth Week in Ordinary Time (Year B)
ยฉ๏ธ2021 Gloria M. Chang

He departed from there and came to his native place, accompanied by his disciples. When the sabbath came he began to teach in the synagogue, and many who heard him were astonished.

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Fingerprint of God

Christina DeMichele, Christ Enthroned in His Creation (Used with permission)

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 earthโ€”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

About the fourth watch of the night, he came toward them walking on the sea.

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Shepherd of the Lost

4th Week in Ordinary Time, Saturday (Year I)

Hebrews 13:15-17, 20-21; Psalm 23; Mark 6:30-34

The apostles gathered together with Jesus and reported all they had done and taught. He said to them, โ€œCome away by yourselves to a deserted place and rest a while.โ€

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Mount Zion, Gate of Paradise

Rembrandt, Moses Smashing the Tables of the Law, 1659

4th Week in Ordinary Time, Thursday (Year I)

Hebrews 12:18-24; Mark 6:7-13

You have not approached that which could be touched and a blazing fire and gloomy darkness and storm and a trumpet blast and a voice speaking words such that those who heard begged that no message be further addressed to them, for they could not bear to hear the command: โ€œIf even an animal touches the mountain, it shall be stoned.โ€

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