Commentary by Fr Donagh O’Shea OP, www.goodnews.ie  Lk 3:1-6 In the fifteenth year of the reign of Emperor Tiberius, when Pontius Pilate was governor of Judea, and Herod was ruler of Galilee, and his brother Philip ruler of the region of Ituraea and Trachonitis, and Lysanias ruler of Abilene, during the high priesthood of Annas

EXT – Luke 21: 25–28, 34–36 – The Son of Man is coming. The Revised Standard Version [RSV] text is used in these commentaries.   Signs of End Times [25] “And there will be signs in sun and moon and stars, and upon the earth distress of nations in perplexity  at the roaring of the

TEXT — Mark12: 38–44 — Scribes and Widow’s Mite Condemnation of Scribes 38 And in his teaching he said, “Beware of the scribes, who like to go about in long robes, and to have salutations in the market places 39 and the best seats in the synagogues and the places of honour at feasts, 40

A. TEXT Setting 46 And they came to Jericho; and as he was leaving Jericho with his disciples and a great multitude, Bartimae’us, a blind beggar, the son of Timae’us, was sitting by the roadside. Cry for Mercy 47 And when he heard that it was Jesus of Nazareth, he began to cry out and

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