Gospel: Mark 4:1-20
Again, Jesus began to teach by the lake; but such a large crowd gathered about him, that he got into a boat and sat in it on
the lake, while the crowd stood on the shore. He taught them many things through parables. In his teaching he said, “Listen! The sower
went out to sow. As he sowed, some of the seed fell along a path; and the birds came and ate it up. Some of the seed fell on rocky ground,

Gospel: Mark 16:15-18
Then he told them, “Go out to the whole world and proclaim the Good News to all creation. The one who believes
and is baptized will be saved; the one who refuses to believe will be condemned. Signs like these will accompany

Gospel: Mark 3:22-30
Meanwhile, the teachers of the law, who had come from Jerusalem, said, ”He is in the power of Beelzebul: the
chief of the demons helps him to drive out demons.” Jesus called them to him, and began teaching them by
means of stories, or parables. How can Satan drive out Satan? If a nation is divided by civil war, that nation cannot

Gospel: Luke 1:1-4; 4:14-21
Several people have set themselves to relate the events that have taken place among us, as they were told by the first witnesses,
who later became ministers of the word. After I, myself, had carefully gone over the whole story from the beginning, it seemed
right for me to give you, Theophilus, an orderly account, so that your Excellency may know the truth of all you have been taught.

Gospel: Mark 3:20-21
They went home. The crowd began to gather again
and they couldn’t even have a meal. Knowing what was

Gospel: Mark 3:13-19
Then Jesus went up into the hill country, and called those he wanted, and they came to him. He appointed Twelve
to be with him, and he called them ‘apostles.’ He wanted to send them out to preach; and he gave them authority
to drive out demons. These are the Twelve: Simon, to whom he gave the name Peter; James, son of Zebedee, and

Gospel: Mark 3:7-12
Jesus and his disciples withdrew to the lakeside, and a large crowd from Galilee followed him. A great number
of people also came from Judea, Jerusalem, Idumea, Transjordan, and from the region of Tyre and Sidon, for they
had heard of all that he was doing. Because of the crowd, Jesus told his disciples to have a boat ready for him, to

Gospel: Mark 3:1-6
Again, Jesus entered the synagogue. A man, who had a paralyzed hand, was there; and some people watched
Jesus: would he heal the man on the Sabbath? If he did, they could accuse him. Jesus said to the man with the
paralyzed hand, “Stand here, in the center.” Then he asked them, “What does the law allow us to do on the

Gospel: Mark 2:23-28
One Sabbath he was walking through grain fields. As his disciples walked along with him, they began to pick the heads of
grain and crush them in their hands. Then the Pharisees said to Jesus, “Look! They are doing what is forbidden on the Sabbath!”
And he said to them, “Have you never read what David did in his time of need; when he and his men were very hungry?

Gospel: Mark 2:18-22
One day, when the Pharisees and the disciples of John the Baptist were fasting, some people asked Jesus, “Why
is it that both the Pharisees and the disciples of John fast, but yours do not?” Jesus answered, “How can the wedding
guests fast while the bridegroom is with them? As long as they have the bridegroom with them, they cannot fast. But