Sermons on Mark

Gospel: Mark 7:1-8, 14-15, 21-23 A reading from the Gospel of Mark. Glory to you, O Lord. Now when the Pharisees and some of the scribes who had come from Jerusalem gathered around [Jesus], they noticed that some of his disciples were eating with defiled hands, that is, without washing them. (For the Pharisees, and all the Jews, do not eat unless they thoroughly wash…

Gospel: Mark 6:14-29 A reading from the Gospel of Mark. Glory to you, O Lord. King Herod heard of it, for Jesus’ name had become known. Some were saying, “John the baptizer has been raised from the dead; and for this reason these powers are at work in him.” But others said, “It is Elijah.” And others said, “It is a prophet, like one of the prophets of old.” But when Herod…

Gospel: Mark 6:1-13 A reading from the Gospel of Mark. Glory to you, O Lord. [Jesus] came to his hometown, and his disciples followed him. On the sabbath he began to teach in the synagogue, and many who heard him were astounded. They said, “Where did this man get all this? What is this wisdom that has been given to him? What deeds of power are being done by his hands! Is…

GOSPEL Mark 4:1-9 The holy gospel according to Mark. Glory to you, O Lord. Again he began to teach beside the sea. Such a very large crowd gathered around him that he got into a boat on the sea and sat there, while the whole crowd was beside the sea on the land. He began to teach them many things in parables, and in his teaching he said to them: Listen! A sower went out…

Gospel: Mark 4:35-41 A reading from the Gospel of Mark. Glory to you, O Lord. When evening had come, [Jesus said to the disciples,] “Let us go across to the other side.” And leaving the crowd behind, they took him with them in the boat, just as he was. Other boats were with him. A great windstorm arose, and the waves beat into the boat, so that the boat was already being…

Gospel: Mark 4:26-34 A reading from the Gospel of Mark. Glory to you, O Lord. [Jesus] said, “The kingdom of God is as if someone would scatter seed on the ground, and would sleep and rise night and day, and the seed would sprout and grow, he does not know how. The earth produces of itself, first the stalk, then the head, then the full grain in the head. But when the grain…

Gospel: Mark 3:20-35 A reading from the Gospel of Mark. Glory to you, O Lord. [Jesus went home;] and the crowd came together again, so that [Jesus and the disciples] could not even eat. When his family heard it, they went out to restrain him, for people were saying, “He has gone out of his mind.” And the scribes who came down from Jerusalem said, “He has Beelzebul, and by…

Gospel: Mark 2:23-3:6 A reading from the Gospel of Mark. Glory to you, O Lord. One sabbath [Jesus] was going through the grain fields; and as they made their way his disciples began to pluck heads of grain. The Pharisees said to him, “Look, why are they doing what is not lawful on the sabbath?” And he said to them, “Have you never read what David did when he and his…

Processional Gospel: Mark 16:1-8 A reading from the Gospel of Mark. Glory to you, O Lord. When the sabbath was over, Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James, and Salome bought spices, so that they might go and anoint [Jesus’ body]. And very early on the first day of the week, when the sun had risen, they went to the tomb. They had been saying to one another, “Who…