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Kids Korner: Baptism & Temptation (Feb. 18th)
Read Mark 1:9-13 with your family. The Gospel of Mark doesn’t give us story details like the Gospels of Matthew and Luke. We read the outline of a story, and then move on. The Gospel of Mark is very fast. In this scripture lesson we have both Jesus’ baptism and then Jesus going out to…
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Ash Wednesday Reflection – February 14, 2024
Pillars of Lent Matthew 6 When you do good deeds, don’t try to show off. If you do, you won’t get a reward from your Father in heaven. 2 When you give to the poor, don’t blow a loud horn. That’s what show-offs do in the synagogues and on the street corners, because they are always…
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Sunday Reflection – Transfiguration Sunday, February 11, 2024
Seeing Moses and Elijah with Jesus Mark 9 2 Six days later Jesus took Peter, James, and John with him. They went up on a high mountain, where they could be alone. There in front of the disciples, Jesus was completely changed. 3 And his clothes became much whiter than any bleach on earth could make them. 4 Then Elijah…
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Kids Korner: Transfiguration (Feb. 11th)
Read Mark 9:2-9 with your family. When Jesus lived, 2000 years ago, the Hebrew people believed that Elijah (their greatest prophet) would return to earth and help end the suffering under the Roman occupiers. They also saw Moses (the giver of the laws of their religious tradition) as the greatest person in Hebrew history. So…
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Sunday Reflection – February 4, 2024
Making the Community Whole Mark 1 29 As soon as Jesus left the synagogue with James and John, they went home with Simon and Andrew. 30 When they got there, Jesus was told that Simon’s mother-in-law was sick in bed with fever. 31 Jesus went to her. He took hold of her hand and helped her up. The fever left…
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Kids Korner: Serving and helping Jesus (Feb. 4th)
Read Mark 1:29-39 with your family. The Gospel of Mark moves fast. We aren’t even out of chapter 1 and already Jesus has been performing healings and teaching so much he has already become well known. This story starts with Peter’s mother-in-law who was very sick. Jesus asked her to ‘rise up’, the same word…
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Sunday Reflection – January 28, 2024
The Unclean Spirit Mark 1 21 Jesus and his disciples went to the town of Capernaum. Then on the next Sabbath he went into the synagogue and started teaching. 22 Everyone was amazed at his teaching. He taught with authority, and not like the teachers of the Law of Moses. 23 Suddenly a man with an unclean spirit in him entered…
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Kids Korner: Be silent (Jan. 28th)
Read Mark 1:21-28 with your family. This is the first story of healing in Mark’s Gospel. One of the curious things about this story is how the unclean spirit knew who Jesus really was, but none of the people around Jesus understood that he was the Messiah. Jesus didn’t want any of the people around…
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Sunday Reflection – January 14, 2024
Peter, Andrew, James and John Mark 1 14 After John was arrested, Jesus went to Galilee and told the good news that comes from God. 15 He said, “The time has come! God’s kingdom will soon be here. Turn back to God and believe the good news!” 16 As Jesus was walking along the shore of Lake Galilee, he saw…
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