TEXT: – John 06: 60–71        Reactions to the Bread of Life Discourse A Hard Saying 60 Many of his disciples, when they heard it, said, “This is a hard saying; who can listen to it?” Jesus’ Response 61 But Jesus, knowing in himself that his disciples murmured at it, said to them, “Do you take

JOHN 6: 22–40         BREAD OF LIFE, Part I Ordinary Time, Sunday 18B (John 6: 24–35) A         TEXT New Setting 22 On the next day the people who remained on the other side of the sea saw that there had been only one boat there, and that Jesus had not entered the boat with his disciples,

TEA: Text, Explanation, Application TEXT  Mark 6: 7 — 13         The Twelve Sent on Mission Call and Mission 7 And he called to him the twelve, and began to send them out two by two, and gave them authority over the unclean spirits. No Baggage 8 He charged them to take nothing for their journey

TEA: Text, Explanation, Application Mark 4:35–41   TEXT: Mark 4: 3541 Setting 35 On that day, when evening had come, he said to them, “Let us go across to the other side.” 36 And leaving the crowd, they took him with them in the boat, just as he was. And other boats were with him.

TEXT: John 20:19–31 Jesus appears to his disciples 19 On the evening of that day, the first day of the week, the doors being shut where the disciples were, for fear of the Jews, Jesus came and stood among them and said to them, “Peace be with you.” 20 When he had said this, he

A.        TEXT (JOHN 20: 01–10) Mary Magdalene Arrives at Tomb 1 Now on the first day of the week Mary Mag’dalene came to the tomb early, while it was still dark, and saw that the stone had been taken away from the tomb. She Informs Peter and Other Disciple 2 So she ran, and went

MARK, Chapter 15: 1–47 Introduction The Passion Narrative according to Mark in his Gospel covers two chapters, 14 and 15. They are quite distinct. Apart from these Introductory Notes, this edition of TEA treats only Chapter 15. To treat of both chapters would be very long. Chapter 14 has eleven scenes and these treat of

TEXT  John 2:13–25 Setting 13 The Passover of the Jews was at hand, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem. Cleansing of Temple 14 In the temple he found those who were selling oxen and sheep and pigeons, and the money–changers at their business. 15 And making a whip of cords, he drove them all, with

TEXT: Mark 9: 2–10  Setting 2 After six days, Jesus took with him Peter and James and John, and led them up a high mountain apart, by themselves; Transfiguration and he was transfigured before them, 3 and his garments became glistening, intensely white, as no fuller on earth could bleach them. Elijah, Moses 4 And

TEXT — Matthew 2:1–12 — The Three Wise Men Wise Men arrive 1 Now when Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judea in the days of Herod the king, behold, wise men from the East came to Jerusalem, saying, 2 “Where is he who has been born king of the Jews? For we have seen