Tag Archive for ‘Genesis’
Sunday 28 February
2nd Sunday of Lent Genesis 22:1-2, 9-13, 15-18; Psalm 116:10, 15-19; Romans 8:31-34; Mark 9:2-10 God’s voice The first time God spoke to Jesus was at his baptism in Mark’s gospel. In this passage, God speaks to various people. Elijah and Moses are present and were important because both had experienced theophany on a mountain. […]
Sunday 21 February
1st Sunday of Lent Genesis 9:8-15; Psalm 25:4-6, 7-9; 1 Peter 3:18-22; Mark 1:12-15 Wilderness There are two important events in this episode: testing in the wilderness and proclaiming the Good News. The word ‘testing’ evokes some testing events in the Old Testament. For example, the testing of Abraham’s faith, the testing of the Israelites […]
Tuesday 16 February
Genesis 6:5-8, 7:1-5, 10; Psalm 29:1-4, 9-10; Mark 8:14-21 One Bread The disciples who neither saw nor understood received harsh words from Jesus. He warned them against the corrupt yeast of the Pharisees. Perhaps he said something like this: “Two big feeds I shared: one on Jewish territory and one in a Gentile region. And […]
Monday 15 February
Genesis 4:1-15, 25; Psalm 50:1, 8, 16-17, 20-21; Mark 8:11-13 Anguish Today’s gospel has a stressful undertone. The Pharisees demand that Jesus give them a sign. Their demands carry the weight of their disbelief and their discontent with Jesus’ popularity. Jesus had healed the sick and fed two huge crowds. Many had faith in him, […]
Saturday 13 February
Genesis 3:9-24; Psalm 90:2-6, 12-13; Mark 8:1-10 Feeding Today’s gospel passage records Jesus’ spontaneous feelings for the crowd. Three days with him and the disciples without food! Jesus’ compassion for the multitude was plentiful. We are freely invited to respond to Jesus’ love for us, to come to him in prayer, in the Eucharist and […]
Friday 12 February
Genesis 3:1-8; Psalm 32:1-2, 5-7; Mark 7:31-37 Human suffering – deaf mute How do we confront suffering? Today’s gospel vividly describes Jesus’ gestures of healing. His energy was channelled through the words he spoke but also in his sigh. I see this as a form of earnest prayer confronting the suffering in this man’s life. […]
Thursday 11 February
Our Lady of Lourdes (OM) World Day of Prayer for the Sick Genesis 2:18-25; Psalm 128:1-5; Mark 7:24-30 A Gentile faith, humility, and love How would you feel if someone called you a dog? The Syrophoenician mother in today’s gospel demonstrated faith, humility and love. She accepted her gentile status of ‘nothing’, as a ‘house […]
Wednesday 10 February
St Scholastica (M) Genesis 2:4-9, 15-17; Psalm 104:1-2, 27-30; Mark 7:14-23 Jesus enters the house The gospel reading tells us that Jesus entered the house and spoke of a deeper meaning of eating and thinking. This was to encourage the disciples to take a closer look at themselves. Jesus could be saying something like this: […]
Tuesday 9 February
Genesis 1:20-2:4; Psalm 8:4-9; Mark 7:1-13 Tradition Diet in the Jewish eating tradition could be recommended for the diabetics of our world today. They could find some good recipes from the Jewish food law for their menu. In the gospel, however, Jesus criticised the Pharisees and the Scribes who cultivated cleanliness and purity as virtue […]
Monday 8 February
Genesis 1:1-19; Psalm 104:1-2, 5-6, 10, 11, 12, 24, 35; Mark 6:53-56 St Josephine Bakhita (OM) The Gospel shows Jesus’ popularity as a healer in people’s desperation for bodily wholeness. There were people in need of healing everywhere in market places, villages, cities and farms. The feast of Saint Josephine Bakhita invites us to look […]
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