Fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year B

Commentary of Benedict XVI on the Gospel: Mark 1: 29-39

"When we are tried by evil and our prayers seem to be in vain, then doubt besets us and we ask ourselves in anguish: what is God's will? We find the answer to this very question in the Gospel. For example, in today's passage we read that Jesus "healed many who were sick with various diseases, and cast out many demons" (Mk 1: 34)". 

Angelus, February  8, 2009

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Fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year B

Commentary of Benedict XVI on the Gospel: Mark 1: 21-28

"... this Sunday's Gospel passage (Mk 1: 21-28) tells of a man possessed by the devil who suddenly shouts: "What have you to do with us, Jesus of Nazareth? Have you come to destroy us? I know who you are, the Holy One of God". And Jesus commands the spirit: "Quiet! Come out of him!". 


Angelus, 1st February 2009

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