A    TEXT (Mk 10:35-45) Request for Special Status 35 And James and John, the sons of Zeb’edee, came forward to him, and said to him, “Teacher, we want you to do for us whatever we ask of you.” 36 And he said to them, “What do you want me to do for you?” 37 And

TEXT: – Mark 10:17–31 — Riches & Discipleship “What must I do?” 17 And as he was setting out on his journey, a man ran up and knelt before him, and asked him, “Good Teacher, what must I do to inherit eternal life?” Do this 18 And Jesus said to him, “Why do you call

Commentary by Fr Donagh O’Shea OP, www.goodnews.ie Mk 10:2-16 Some Pharisees came, and to test Jesus they asked, “Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife?” He answered them, “What did Moses command you?” They said, “Moses allowed a man to write a certificate of dismissal and to divorce her.” But Jesus said

Commentary by Fr Donagh O’Shea OP, www.goodnews Mk 9:38-43, 45, 47-48 John said to Jesus, “Teacher, we saw someone casting out demons in your name, and we tried to stop him, because he was not following us.” But Jesus said, “Do not stop him; for no one who does a deed of power in my

Commentary by Fr Donagh O’Shea OP, www.goodnews Mk 9:30-37 They went on from there and passed through Galilee. Jesus did not want anyone to know it; for he was teaching his disciples, saying to them, “The Son of Man is to be betrayed into human hands, and they will kill him, and three days after

Commentary by Fr Donagh O’Shea OP, www.goodnews.ie Mk 8:27-35 Jesus went on with his disciples to the villages of Caesarea Philippi; and on the way he asked his disciples, “Who do people say that I am?” And they answered him, John the Baptist; and others, Elijah; and still others, one of the prophets.” He asked

Commentary by Fr Donagh O’Shea OP, www.goodnews.ie  Mk 7:31-37 Jesus returned from the region of Tyre, and went by way of Sidon towards the Sea of Galilee, in the region of the Decapolis. They brought to him a deaf man who had an impediment in his speech; and they begged him to lay his hand

Commentary by Fr Donagh O’Shea OP, www.goodnews.ie Mk 7:1-8, 14-15, 21-23 When the Pharisees and some of the scribes who had come from Jerusalem gathered around Jesus, they noticed that some of his disciples were eating with defiled hands, that is, without washing them. (For the Pharisees, and all the Jews, do not eat unless

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

Commentary by Fr Donagh O’Shea OP, www.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 Jesus, ‘Where do you want us to go and make the preparations for you to eat the Passover?’ So he sent two of his disciples, saying to them,