Friday, January 24, 2025 Heb 8:6-13; Mk 3:13-19 Today’s Gospel highlights Jesus naming his apostles. The naming of the 12 apostles is interesting for many reasons. Those He Wanted: The text underlines the fact that Jesus named those he wanted as apostles. There were many who followed Jesus. But Jesus’ heart went after only these twelve […]
Thursday, January 23, 2025 Heb 7:25-8:6; Mk 3:7-12 Today’s Gospel underscores the nature of shallow spirituality and invites us to discern the inward meaning of our pious activities. It is described in the Gospel that ‘Hearing what he [Jesus] was doing, a large number of people came to him.’ Though Jesus becomes the center of
Wednesday, January 22, 2025 Heb 7:1-3, 15-17; Mk 3:1-6 Today’s Gospel highlights the humanitarian emergency with which Jesus approaches the problem of the man with a withered hand. For the Pharisees, who were closely observing Jesus, there were two problems with the miracle that Jesus performed. They are the timing (the Sabbath) and the nature
