Gospel Reflections

Gospel Passage: John 6:24-35 So when the people saw that Jesus was not there, nor his disciples, they themselves got into the boats and went to Caper’na-um, seeking Jesus. When they found him on the other side of the sea, they said to him, “Rabbi, when did you come here?” Jesus answered them, “Truly, truly,…

Gospel Passage: John 6:1-15 After this Jesus went to the other side of the Sea of Galilee, which is the Sea of Tiber’i-as. And a multitude followed him, because they saw the signs which he did on those who were diseased. Jesus went up on the mountain, and there sat down with his disciples. Now…

Gospel Passage: Mark 6:30-34 The apostles returned to Jesus, and told him all that they had done and taught. And he said to them, “Come away by yourselves to a lonely place, and rest a while.” For many were coming and going, and they had no leisure even to eat. And they went away in…

Gospel Passage: Mark 6:7-13 Calling the Twelve to him, Jesus began to send them out two by two and gave them authority over impure spirits. These were his instructions: “Take nothing for the journey except a staff—no bread, no bag, no money in your belts. Wear sandals but not an extra shirt. Whenever you enter…

Gospel Passage: Mark 6:1-6 Jesus came to his hometown, and his disciples followed him. On the sabbath he began to teach in the synagogue, and many who heard him were astounded. They said, “Where did this man get all this? What is this wisdom that has been given to him? What deeds of power are…

Gospel Passage: Mark 5:21-43 When Jesus had crossed in the boat to the other side, a great crowd gathered around him; and he was by the sea. Then one of the synagogue leaders named Jairus came and, when he saw Jesus, fell at his feet and begged him repeatedly, “My little daughter is at the…

Gospel Passage: Mark 4:35-41 When evening had come, Jesus said to his disciples, “Let us go across to the other side.” And leaving the crowd behind, they took Jesus with them in the boat, just as he was. Other boats were with him. A great windstorm arose, and the waves beat into the boat, so…

Gospel Passage: Mark 4:26-34 Such a large crowd gathered around Jesus that he got into a boat and began to teach them using many parables. Jesus said: “The kingdom of God is as if a man would scatter seed on the ground, and would sleep and rise night and day, and the seed would sprout…

Gospel Passage: Mark 3:20-35 “Jesus went home, and the crowd came together again, so that they could not even eat. When is family heard it, they went out to restrain him, for people were saying, “He has gone out of his mind.” And the scribes who came down from Jerusalem said, “He has Beelzebul, and…

Gospel Passage: Mark 14:12-16, 22-26 On the First Day of the Unleavened Bread, when the Passover Lamb is sacrificed, the disciples said to Jesus, “Where do you want us to go and make preparations for you to eat Passover?” So he sent two of his disciples, saying to them, “Go into the city, and a…