The rejection of Jesus and his followers

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For 21 January 2012, Saturday of second week in Ordinary Time, based on Mark 3:20-21

(this preaching appeared originally on theWord on 23 January 2010)


Jesus came with his disciples into the house, and the crowd came together again, so that they could not even eat. When his family heard it, they went out to restrain him, for people were saying, “He has gone out of his mind.”


Scripture passage from the New Revised Standard Version Bible: Catholic Edition, copyright 1989, 1993, Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Used by permission. All rights reserved.

About Joan Hardiman, O.P.

Joan is a member of the Aotearoa New Zealand Dominican Sisters. She has been a member of the Dominican Preaching Team with Peter Murnane, O.P. for the past five years, giving parish retreats throughout New Zealand and Australia.