For 7 February 2026, Saturday of week 4 in Ordinary Time, based on Mark 6:30-34
The apostles gathered around Jesus and reported to him all they had done and taught. Then, because so many people were coming and going that they did not even have a chance to eat, he said to them, “Come with me by yourselves to a quiet place and get some rest.”
So they went away by themselves in a boat to a solitary place. But many who saw them leaving recognized them and ran on foot from all the towns and got there ahead of them. When Jesus landed and saw a large crowd, he had compassion on them, because they were like sheep without a shepherd. So he began teaching them many things.
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 Sr. Kerstin-Marie Berretz OP
Sr. Kerstin-Marie Berretz OP is a Dominican Sister of Arenberg, Germany. She works as a Vocation Coach and undertakes the DMin in Preaching-Program at the Aquinas Institute in St. Louis, MO. She lives in a convent of her Congregation in Germany.
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The apostles gathered around Jesus and reported to him all they had done and taught. Then, because so many people were coming and going that they did not even have a chance to eat, he said to them, “Come with me by yourselves to a quiet place and get some rest.”
So they went away by themselves in a boat to a solitary place. But many who saw them leaving recognized them and ran on foot from all the towns and got there ahead of them. When Jesus landed and saw a large crowd, he had compassion on them, because they were like sheep without a shepherd. So he began teaching them many things.
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 Sr. Kerstin-Marie Berretz OP
Sr. Kerstin-Marie Berretz OP is a Dominican Sister of Arenberg, Germany. She works as a Vocation Coach and undertakes the DMin in Preaching-Program at the Aquinas Institute in St. Louis, MO. She lives in a convent of her Congregation in Germany.