MARK
November 14, 2021
33rd Sunday in Ordinary Time Daniel 12:1-3 Hebrews 10:11-14, 18 Mark 13:24-32 A. Text and Context • We Have just heard from the gospel of St. Mark what will be the signs when the Lord will come again for the final judgment from the end of the earth to the end of the sky • So we are now talking about the last things which we call in theology as the Parousia • And the signs are terrifying: the sun will be darkened, and the moon will no longer have light and the stars will fall from the sky • […]
November 7, 2021
32nd Sunday Ordinary Time 1 Kings 17:10-16 Hebrews 9:24-28 Mark 12:38-44 A. Text/Context • We have just heard from the gospel 2 contrasting values: the pride of the scribes who love to wear long robes in public, who loves to take seats of honor in churches or banquets • And in contrast to the display of pride by the scribes is the humility of a widow who only possessed 2 coins her only possession in life and she gave everything to the temple • And while Jesus told his disciples that the scribes who are very proud will receive a […]
October 30, 2021
31st Sunday in Ordinary Time Deuteronomy 6:2-6 Hebrews 7:23-28 Mark 12:28-34 A. Text/Context • The 10 commandments are the laws given by God to Moses for the people of Israel to follow in the OT • But in the NT, as what we have heard in the gospel a few moments back the 10 commandments is now summarized by Jesus into the 2 great commandments and what are they? Love of God and love of neighbor • The first 3 commandments: love God above all things, thou shall not put the name of God in vain, and thou shall keep […]
October 24, 2021
30th Sunday Ordinary Time Jeremiah 31:7-9 Hebrews 5:1-6 Mark 10:46-52 A. Text and Context • The gospel today tells us of the story of a blind man which the scholars have identified as Bartimaeus • Upon hearing that Jesus of Nazareth is entering Jericho and of course because Jesus is mobbed and followed by a thick crowd of people wherever he goes • Bartimaeus shouted Son of David have pity on me to get the attention of Jesus and the people rebuked him telling him to be silent because he is creating a lot of noise • Jesus asked him […]
October 18, 2021
29th Sunday in Ordinary Time – 4th Day Novena to St. Raphael the Archangel Isaiah 53:10-11 Hebrews 4:14-16 Mark 10:35-45 A. Text/Context • Matud pa sa mga scholars si Santiago ug si Juan magsoon nga anak ni Sebedeo ug Salome apan wala malitok ang pangalan ni Salome nga inahan, ang amahan lang nga si Sebedeo ang naapil sa ebanghelyo • Mga kauban kini sila ni Pedro ug si Andres nga igsoon usab ni Pedro. Kini silang upat duol kaayo kang Jesus mao nga sa atong ebanghelyo karon nangayo si Santiago ug Juan ug pabor nga kung mahimo molingkod sila sa […]
October 9, 2021
28th Sunday in Ordinary Time Wisdom 7:7-11 Hebrews 4:12-13 Mark 10:17-30 A. Text/Context • Ang atong ebanghelyo karon ni San Marcos nagsaysay sa usa ka tawo nga adunahan kaayo, sapian, daghan kaayo ug kwarta • Gitawag siya ni San Marcos nga tawo nga adunahan apan sa bersyon sa ebanghelyo ni San Mateo gitawag siya nga batan-on nga adunahan or the rich young man • Matud pa sa mga komentaryo nga akong nabasa bahin niini, batan-on pa kaayo ang lalaki unya datu pa gyud. Usa siya ka ulitawo nga ambongan usab kaayo • Kay mag-uban man kana. Kon datu ka, nindot […]
October 2, 2021
27th Sunday in Ordinary Time Genesis 2:18-24 Hebrews 2:19-11 Mark 10:2-16 A. Text/Context • The Pharisees are asking Jesus: Is it lawful for a husband to divorce his wife? It does not say: Is it lawful for a wife to divorce his her husband • Bear in mind that the Jewish culture specifically does not reserve the right to a woman to write a letter of divorce to her husband. It is culturally improper for a woman to do that and only a man can initiate divorce • Jesus said to his disciples: Whoever divorces his wife and marries another […]
September 25, 2021
26th Sunday in Ordinary Time Numbers 11:25-29 James 5:1-6 Mark 9:38-43, 45, 47-48 A. Text/Context • Usa sa mga tinon-an ni Jesus nga ginganlan ug Juan naghatud ug taho kang Jesus nga dunay tawo nga naghingilin ug mga yawa nga dili nila kauban sa ilang grupo ug ila kining gibadlong • Apan miingon lamang si Jesus: “Ayaw ninyo siya pagdid-i kay walay tawo nga maghimog milagro sa akong ngalan nga makasultig daotan mahitungod kanako. Kay ang dili batok kanato dapig kanato • Simple lang kaayo ang buot ipasabot ni Jesus; kon dili siya kaaway, dapig siya kanato • Sa unang […]
September 18, 2021
25th Sunday in Ordinary Time Wisdom 2:12, 17-20 James 3:16-4:3 Mark 9:30-37 A. Text/Context • Nasultian na karon ni Jesus sa atong ebanghelyo ang iyang mga tinon-an kon unsa ang mahitabo kaniya; nga siya itugyan ngadto sa mga tawo ug patyon siya, apan tapus sa tulo ka adlaw mabanhaw siya • Apan wala kini baleha sa iyang mga tinon-an, kay wala sila makasabut ngano nga siya patyon sa katawhan, ug nisamot nga wala sila makasabut ngano nga mabanhaw si Jesus gikan sa pagkamatay • Sa relihiyon sa Judaismo daghan ang dili motuo sa pagbanhaw sa usa ka patay. Kon mamatay […]