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“Go into all the world and proclaim the
Good News to all creation.” Mark 16:15
Mark 10:2-16 addresses the difficult topic of marriage, divorce and re-marriage. In Jesus’ time, divorce was very different than it is today. A man could divorce his wife for any reason and with no warning. Jesus is tested with this reality and responds that cavalierly ending a marriage is a sin. Listen as Fr. Jim…
Mark 9:30-37 Jesus and his disciples left from there and began a journey through Galilee, but he did not wish anyone to know about it. He was teaching his disciples and telling them, “The Son of Man is to be handed over to men and they will kill him, and three days after his death…
Fr. Jim teaches that when we know who Jesus is we know who God is, but more than that, we must ask who Jesus is so that we know who we must be. Mark 8:27-35 Jesus and his disciples set out for the villages of Caesarea Philippi. Along the way he asked his disciples, “Who…
In this Gospel where Jesus heals the deaf and mute man, Fr. Jim reminds us that our hearing problems may actually be listening problems. Listen to Fr. Jim’s inspiring message for more insight. Gospel – Mark 7:31-37 Again Jesus left the district of Tyre and went by way of Sidon to the Sea of Galilee,…
Jesus said to his disciples: “If you love me, you will keep my commandments. And I will ask the Father, and he will give you another Advocate to be with you always, the Spirit of truth, whom the world cannot accept, because it neither sees nor knows him. Read the Gospel –
When you pray with others, what do those around you pray for? In this week’s Gospel, we get a glimpse into Jesus’ prayer; a prayer for Christian unity: “Lifting up his eyes to heaven, Jesus prayed saying: ‘Holy Father, keep them in your name that you have given me, so that they may be one…
Jesus said to his disciples: “As the Father loves me, so I also love you. Remain in my love. If you keep my commandments, you will remain in my love, just as I have kept my Father’s commandments and remain in his love. Read the Gospel and Transcript:
In this Gospel, Jesus offers peace to his disciples but at a price. The price of Christ’s peace is obedience; obedience to the will of God. Fr. Jim asks us to look deeply into our lives and to those moments of stress and anguish to see if we are truly and obediently doing the will…
If Jesus came back today and told the same parable, what profession do you think he would choose? Listen to hear Fr. Jim’s thoughts on the question. Read the Gospel and transcript –
“While they were still speaking about this, he stood in their midst and said to them, ‘Peace be with you.’ But they were startled and terrified and thought that they were seeing a ghost. Then he said to them, ‘Why are you troubled? And why do questions arise in your hearts? Look at my hands…