Lectio Divina 25 October 2024

A reading from the holy Gospel according to Mark 10:46-52 As Jesus left Jericho with his disciples and a large crowd, Bartimaeus (that is, son of Timaeus), a blind beggar, was sitting at the side of the road.  When he heard that it was Jesus of Nazareth, he began to...

Lectio Divina 18 October 2024

A reading from the holy Gospel according to Mark 10:35-45 James and John, the sons of Zebedee, approached Jesus. ‘Master’, they said to him ‘we want you to do us a favour.’ He said to them, ‘What is it you want me to do for you?’...

Lectio Divina 11 October 2024

A reading from the holy Gospel according to Mark 10:17-30 Jesus was setting out on a journey when a man ran up, knelt before him and put this question to him, ‘Good master, what must I do to inherit internal life?’ Jesus said to him, ‘Why do you call...

Lectio Divina 4 October 2024

A reading from the holy Gospel according to Mark 10:2-16 Some Pharisees approached Jesus and asked, ‘Is it against the law for a man to divorce his wife?’ They were testing him.  He answered them, ‘What did Moses command you?’ Moses allowed...

Lectio Divina 27 September 2024

A reading from the holy Gospel according to Mark 9:38-43, 45, 47-48 John said to Jesus, ‘Master, we saw a man who is not one of us casting out devils in your name; and because he was not one of us we tried to stop him.’ But Jesus said, ‘You must not...

Lectio Divina 20 September 2024

A reading from the holy Gospel according to Mark 9:30-37 After leaving the mountain Jesus and his disciples made their way through Galilee; and he did not want anyone to know, because he was instructing his disciples ; he was telling them, ‘The Son of Man will...