13 Feb 2024
Misunderstanding Jesus
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For 13 February 2024, Tuesday of week 6 in Ordinary Time, based on Mark 8:14-21
Now the disciples had forgotten to bring any bread; and they had only one loaf with them in the boat. And Jesus cautioned them, saying, ‘Watch out—beware of the yeast of the Pharisees and the yeast of Herod.’ They said to one another, ‘It is because we have no bread.’ And becoming aware of it, Jesus said to them, ‘Why are you talking about having no bread? Do you still not perceive or understand? Are your hearts hardened? Do you have eyes, and fail to see? Do you have ears, and fail to hear? And do you not remember? When I broke the five loaves for the five thousand, how many baskets full of broken pieces did you collect?’ They said to him, ‘Twelve.’ ‘And the seven for the four thousand, how many baskets full of broken pieces did you collect?’ And they said to him, ‘Seven.’ Then he said to them, ‘Do you not yet understand?’
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.
Jan Ogilvyy
13 February 2024 @ 8:38 am
Thank you Mary Anne. Very helpful words & questions for reflection on today’s gospel. Practical & clear. Blessings to you.
Donna
14 February 2024 @ 1:49 am
Thanks once again for your powerful preaching, Marianne!
Peggy
14 February 2024 @ 2:22 am
Thank you sister Marianne. ????
Agnes and Charles
14 February 2024 @ 2:51 am
Thank you Sister Marianne for encouraging us with Jesus to “see” beyond and above.
Pat Sullivan
14 February 2024 @ 3:19 am
Thank you, Marianne,
Tou never fail to provide food for thought.
Peggy Devlin, OP
14 February 2024 @ 7:56 am
Great preparation for Lent – thanks, Marianne, for your typically profound inspiration. Peggy D.
Beth
14 February 2024 @ 9:02 am
Great questions for us to ponder more intentionally in the coming days of Lent. Thank you,
Marianne.
Connie Koch OP
14 February 2024 @ 9:55 am
You are so right Marianne! Sometimes we don’t understand Jesus’ words but we , like his disciples, get another chance to make the right choices.