Mark 12:38-44 (32nd Sunday in Ordinary Time) I have always been struck that the poor widow Jesus notices in the temple had two coins. If she had been more reasonable, more prudent, she could have given one, and kept the other. Even that would have been a very generous donation: 50% of all her belongings….
Category: Evangelist: Mark
Good Shepherd, Bad Shepherd – Arnel Aquino, SJ
Mark 6:30-34, 16th Sunday in Ordinary Time Very often, our desires lead us like shepherds lead sheep. Whether we’re immediately aware of it or not, in many, many ways, we are shepherded by what we think fulfills our desires. We who go to Church will readily say,“My shepherd is Jesus Christ.” And we’re not being…
To be Shepherded – Johnny Go, SJ
19 July 2015 Mark 6:30-34 (Sixteenth Sunday of Ordinary Time) In today’s Gospel reading, the sight of the crowd summoned the shepherd in the Lord. What did it, we are told, was that they were like a shepherd-less flock of sheep. Nothing, after all, moves the heart of the Lord as much as his desire…
One Lost Sheep 