Wednesday, February 19, 2025 Gen 8:6-13, 20-22; Mk 8:22-26 Today’s Gospel highlights faith as God’s gift, which requires our commitment to grow and mature. Biblical scholars believe that if any story in Mark has a symbolic function, it is the healing of the blind man at Bethsaida. We must remember that Bethsaida was one of […]
Tuesday, February 18, 2025 Gen 6:5-8, 7:1-5, 10; Mk 8:14-21 Today’s Gospel highlights the warning given by Jesus regarding the ‘leaven’ of the Pharisees and the Herodians. Israelites were known to use leaven as a metaphor for change, growth, and influence, either of evil or good. In the Gospel, when Jesus refers to the leaven
Monday, February 17, 2025 Gen 4:1-15, 25; Mk 8:11-13 Today’s Gospel shows Jesus as a victim of unbelief and rejection. Jesus does not yield to the demand of the Pharisees who seek a sign from heaven to prove his divine identity. The reason why Jesus resists their demand is the same as in the instance
