by Lynne Marie | Jun 6, 2026 | Daily Reflections
This is the last weekday reading from Mark in Ordinary Time. We have reached the end of Christ’s public preaching. He will speak to his disciples about the “last days” (chapter 13) and then enter into the final stage of what he had to accomplish during his human...
by Lynne Marie | Jun 5, 2026 | Daily Reflections
In his answer to the last question he was asked, Jesus summed up the Good News of his moral teaching. Basically, it comes down to “be like God.” Love God the way God loves himself: with total, undivided love of him as All: all Goodness, all Truth, all Life. Jesus...
by Lynne Marie | Jun 4, 2026 | Daily Reflections
The last question Mark tells us Jesus was asked before his passion may have been sincere rather than hostile. At least the questioner responds to Jesus’ answer, which the Pharisees never do. And Jesus tells him, “You are not far from the kingdom of God.” The...
by Lynne Marie | Jun 3, 2026 | Daily Reflections
The first of the last three hostile questions Jesus is asked in Mark’s Gospel before his passion dealt with the Christian stance toward government. The proper concern of the state is to protect and promote the common good of all its citizens on this earth. And...
by Lynne Marie | Jun 2, 2026 | Daily Reflections
Jesus’ proclamation of the Good News produces confrontation, hostility, and his death. Mark records that in his last interactions with his enemies before his passion, he is asked about three basic issues of human existence: the relationship of religion to patriotism,...
