Commentary on the 20th Sunday of the year (B) 16th August 2015
Saturday, 15 August 2015
TEXT: John 6: 51–59 — Bread of Life, Part III Living Bread from Heaven 51 I am the living bread which came down from heaven; if any one eats of this bread, he will live for ever; and the bread which I shall give for the life of the world is my flesh.” Dispute
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Commentary on the 18th Sunday of the year (B) 2nd August 2015
Wednesday, 29 July 2015
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
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Commentary on the 17th Sunday of the year (B) 26th July August 2015
Wednesday, 22 July 2015
JOHN 06: 01–15: JESUS FEEDS 5,000 MEN A TEXT Setting 1 After this Jesus went to the other side of the Sea of Galilee, which is the Sea of Tiber’i–as. 2 And a multitude followed him, because they saw the signs which he did on those who were diseased. 3 Jesus went up on the
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Commentary on the 16th Sunday of the year (B) 19th July 2015
Saturday, 18 July 2015
TEA: Text, Explanation, Application Mark 6: 30–34 TEXT: Mark 6: 30–34 Return of the Twelve Disciples ‘Apostles’ Return from Mission 30 The apostles returned to Jesus, and told him all that they had done and taught. Jesus’ Concern for the Twelve 31 And he said to them, “Come away by yourselves to a lonely
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Commentary on the 15th Sunday of the year (B) 12th July 2015
Sunday, 12 July 2015
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.
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Commentary on the 14th Sunday of the year (B) 5th July 2015
Saturday, 04 July 2015
TEA: Text, Explanation, Application TEXT Mark 6:1–6 Setting 1 He went away from there and came to his own country; and his disciples followed him. Rejection of Jesus 2 And on the Sabbath he began to teach in the synagogue; and many who heard him were astonished, saying, “Where did this man get all
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Commentary on the 13th Sunday of the year (B) 28th June 2015
Saturday, 27 June 2015
TEA: Text, Explanation, Application TEXT Mark 5: 21–43 Setting 21 And when Jesus had crossed again in the boat to the other side, a great crowd gathered about him; and he was beside the sea. Daughter of Jairus 22 Then came one of the rulers of the synagogue, Ja’irus by name; and seeing him, he
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Commentary on the 11th Sunday of the year (B) 13th June 2015
Friday, 12 June 2015
TEA; Text, Explanation, Application Mark 4: 26–34 TEXT: TWO PARABLES: The Kingdom of God: (i) seed; (ii) grain of mustard seed Parable of Seed 26 And he said, “The kingdom of God is as if a man should scatter seed upon the ground, 27 and the seed should sprout and grow, he knows not how.
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Commentary on the Corpus Christi (B) 7th June 2015
Saturday, 06 June 2015
Today’s commentary is given by Fr Donagh O’Shea OP (http://goodnews.ie). Mk 14:12-16, 22-26 On the first day of Unleavened Bread, when the Passover lamb is sacrificed, his disciples said to him, ‘Where do you want us to go and make the preparations for you to eat the Passover?’ So he sent two of his disciples,
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Commentary on the 19th Sunday of the year (B) 9th August 2015