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Back to SearchLectio Mark: Jesus and the Temple
Episode 116
As the final week before his Passion begins, Jesus has stern warnings for those who would oppose God by rejecting his beloved Son. Will we also rejec…
7 months, 2 weeks ago
Lectio Mark: The Way of Discipleship
Episode 115
As Jesus makes his way to Jerusalem, three times he predicts his approaching Passion. In response to the disciples' rejection of his words, Jesus wor…
7 months, 3 weeks ago
Lectio Mark: The Mystery of the Bread
Episode 114
The mystery of the bread, the Eucharistic Presence of God, begins to be revealed in the miraculous multiplication of the loaves and fishes. Jesus rev…
8 months ago
Lectio Mark: Faith Not Fear
Episode 113
In the midst of a great storm the disciples cry out in fear. Jesus's words to his frightened disciples are also a challenge to us. In the storms of o…
8 months, 1 week ago
Lectio Mark: The Parable of the Sower
Episode 112
The voice of the Lord calls the cosmos into existence and shakes all creation with its power. Jesus, the Incarnate Word of God, speaks with the same …
8 months, 2 weeks ago
Lectio Mark: Binding the Strong Man
Episode 111
Jesus's appointing of the Twelve Apostles and his many mighty signs show him as the mighty savior who rescues us from the snares of the devil and fro…
8 months, 3 weeks ago
Lectio Mark: Feasting and Fasting
Episode 110
When Jesus says to the paralytic, "Your sins are forgiven," the scribes and Pharisees are taken aback and question, "Who can forgive sins but God alo…
8 months, 3 weeks ago
Lectio Mark: Come, Follow Behind Me
Episode 109
Following his baptism in the Jordan River and temptation in the wilderness, Jesus returns to Galilee where he invites the first disciples to follow b…
9 months ago
Lectio Mark: Prepare the Way of the Lord
Episode 108
The opening lines of Mark's Gospel proclaim that Jesus is, without a doubt, the Son of God. He is the one for whom the way is being prepared. As Jesu…
9 months, 1 week ago
Lectio Mark: Saint Mark the Evangelist
Episode 107
Just who is St. Mark, the author of this short but action-packed Gospel? Using outside sources, other books of the Bible, and the Gospel itself, Dr. …
9 months, 2 weeks ago