Backgrounder: July 20, 2021
TASTE AND SEE part 2 of 6: YOU feed them When Jesus asks Philip where they can find enough food to feed the 5,000 people who have gathered there, he’s asking the impossible, isn’t he? Philip quickly calculates that even a huge amount of money would be barely enough to give each a little. Before […]
July 18, 2021
16th Sunday in Ordinary Time
Backgrounder: July 13, 2021
TASTE AND SEE part 1 Like Sheep without a Shepherd What are sheep like without a shepherd? (Mark 6:34) This is an important question because when Jesus sees the crowds like this, His heart is moved with pity for them. The people are hungry and thirsty, and weary; they haven’t had time to eat and […]
July 11, 2021
15th Sunday in Ordinary Time
Backgrounder: July 6, 2021
TRUSTING JESUS part 5 of 5: “Jesus summoned the Twelve and began to send them out two by two.” Mark 6:7 When Jesus calls the Twelve, He is calling them to Himself in a new, deeper way. If you are a Christian, a follower of Jesus, you need to be attentive to His new calls […]
July 4, 2021
14th Sunday in Ordinary Time
Backgrounder: June 29, 2021
How can we battle unbelief? Trusting Jesus unleashes His power. It’s really amazing that our faith can place any limits on Jesus. The Lord of the whole Universe has left us room, the freedom to accept Him, or to turn away from Him. Jesus can always do whatever he wants. So, it’s mysterious that the […]
June 27, 2021
13th Sunday in Ordinary Time
Backgrounder
We should appreciate the boldness of the woman from Mark 5. She was willing to disregard all the social and religious barriers of her time for one thing: to come close to Jesus. For a woman to touch a man in public, especially a rabbi, was forbidden. If she was bleeding, she would make him […]
June 20, 2021
12th Sunday in Ordinary Time