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Sin against the Holy Spirit. Mk. 3:22-30 The conflicts between Jesus and the religion presented in Mark’s gospel soon spread in Judea, especially in Jerusalem, where the religious authorities lived. Alarmed, some lawyers go to find out what is happening with this new prophet who arouses so much attraction in the town. They are not […]

Sunday, January 25 Jesus’ first words. Mt. 4:12-23 Today, Sunday, we are with Matthew, we guide our prayer hand in hand with Pagola. “The evangelist takes care of the stage in which Jesus makes his public appearance; the voice of the Baptist is extinguished and the new voice of Jesus begins. The dry landscape of

Only a “madman” could do what Jesus did. Mk. 3:20-21 This very short gospel has a total logic, if we look at the family culture of Palestine in the time of Jesus. The first thing each member of the clan had to learn was to preserve and increase the honorability of the group. Jesus was

The Twelve: to be with Him and to proclaim the Kingdom. Mk. 3:13-19 According to Mark, Jesus already knows what ground he is treading on; Not easy. Surely He has prayed a lot at night; now He climbs the mountain and decides to seek company to fulfill the mission that the Father has entrusted to

“All who suffered from anything were pushing forward to touch him.” Mk. 3:7-12 After the successive conflicts that Jesus had with those responsible for religion, Mark shows us the crowd that wanted to see him and be with him, to the point of crushing him. What did Jesus do to have so much appeal? He

The relationship between religion and life. Mk. 3:1-6 Mark’s account is significant, and the scene takes place in the synagogue on a Sabbath day. We are, therefore, in a place and a day that must be oriented towards God. Jesus’ gaze is fixed on a man with a paralysis in his arm, to whom He

“The Son of Man is Lord of the Sabbath” Mk. 2:23-28 Mark wants to put things in their place because it was also difficult for him to accept the novelty that Jesus brought with respect to the law of Moses. He narrates the passage of the disciples walking, tired, plucking ears of corn to satisfy

“The message of Jesus is a wine that the old Institutions cannot contain.” Mk. 2:18-22 Hand in hand with Mark, we continue to pray with the newness that Jesus brought. What prevented many from accepting him was the fear of his message and his revolutionary action, which called into question the security of the Jewish

Sunday, January 18 “We, the Church, the Baptized by the Spirit of Jesus” Jn. 1:29-34 Last Sunday we prayed about the Baptism of Jesus; today we focus on us, baptized by his Spirit. The first Christians wanted to distinguish themselves from the followers of the Baptist, whose external rite did not transform. Christians allowed themselves

 “He eats with publicans and sinners.” Mk. 2:13-17 Levi was a tax collector, a position that made him a sinner for dealing with non-Jews and serving the Romans. In the Old Testament, fasting was a means for union with God; in the New Testament, it is food. Jesus had a hard time changing these patterns