MARK

11th Sunday Ordinary Time Ezekiel 17:22-24 2Corinthians 5:6-10 Mark 4:26-34 A. Text/Context • Jesus has to tell stories in parables so it stir the minds of the faithful to reflect a little more about what he teaches • Reflection and meditation help us obtain the light of understanding what God wants us to do • In the gospel, Jesus describes how the seed is scattered on the soil and the farmer would sleep and rise and sleep and rise again to find out that the seed has grown • When the seeds of the KOG is just freely scattered by […]

Solemnity of the Corpus Christi Exodus 24:3-8 Hebrews 9:11-15 Mark 14:12-16, 22-26 A. Text/Context • Today, we are celebrating the Feast of the Corpus Christi. The words are in Latin and it means the Body of Christ • Much of the credit why the Corpus Christi becomes a feast in the Church is through St. Juliana of Liege in Belgium • The Church realized that there is not a single feast in the Church where the body of Christ is commemorated as Christ’s gift of the Eucharist • From the year 1258 onwards, the feast is celebrated in the Church […]

Passion Sunday (Palm Sunday) Isaiah 50:4-7 Philippians 2:6-11 Mark 15:1-39 A. Text/Context • We have just heard a very long gospel about the passion or suffering of our Lord • During the 1st part of the liturgy which is the blessing of the palms we commemorate the triumphant entry of Jesus into Jerusalem • Jesus was mobbed by the people glorifying him yelling: Hosanna to the Son of David, the King of Israel. Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord. Hosanna in the highest. • The 1st part of the gospel is the praise and glorification […]

2nd Sunday of Lent Genesis 22:1-2, 9:10-13, 15-18 Romans 8:31-34 Mark 9:2-10 A. Text/Context • The gospel today describes us of the transfiguration of Jesus when the whole countenance of the Lord and even his clothing became a dazzling white • Then a cloud came down and there was a voice: This is my beloved Son listen to him • Only three of the 12 disciples were there: Peter, James and John to witness the spectacular event the transfigured Jesus, Elijah, and Moses were also there • What would the disciples think when they heard the voice this is my […]

1st Sunday of Lent Genesis 9:8-15 1 Peter 3:18-22 Mark 1:12-15 A. Text/Context • In the 1st part of the gospel Mark has narrated that the Spirit drove Jesus out into the desert where he remained there for forty days and where he was tempted by Satan • So it was the Spirit who brought Jesus into the desert and this is some kind of a mystery because this is the same Spirit in the form of a dove who descended upon Jesus during his baptism where the Spirit proclaims this is my beloved son • Now it is an […]

6th Sunday in Ordinary Time Leviticus 13:1-2, 44-46 1 Corinthians 10:31-11:1 Mark 1:40-45 A. Text/Context • We have just heard yet another miracle that Jesus performed in the cleansing of a leper in the gospel today • As of this time Jesus has already become very popular among the population; like a real celebrity, he is mobbed by people wherever he goes • It was the leper who was cleansed by the disease who was responsible in broadcasting the miracle that occurred in spite of the stern warning that Jesus gave, not do so • Jesus told the leper to […]

5th Sunday in Ordinary Time Job 7:1-4, 6-7 1 Corinthians 9:16-19, 22-23 Mark 1:29-39 A. Text/Context • As what we have heard in the gospel just a few seconds back Jesus is again performing miracles of healing and exorcism upon seeing the pitiful situation of the people • Mark describes the mother-in-law of Simon as laying sick and has a fever • Jesus approached her and the fever left her and started serving them • And for the whole day until evening, Jesus just witnessed how people have lived such a wretched lives because of the many diseases and sickness […]

4th Sunday in Ordinary Time Deuteronomy 18:15-20 1 Corinthians 7:32-35 Mark 1:21-28 A. Text and Context • The 1st reading in Deuteronomy tells us of Moses making a prophecy that a prophet will be raised from among the Israelites • This prophecy is now fulfilled in the gospel where the people inside the synagogue are so astonished by the words of Jesus speaking with such authority • Jesus is now the prophet who is now in their midst in flesh and blood • Prophet in this context means a teacher that is why Jesus has a prophetic role, he teaches […]