Fourth Sunday

  FOURTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME - YEAR B

Readings

First: Deuteronomy 18:15-20 - Moses tells the people that the Lord has promised to raise up a prophet from among them, who will have God's word put into his mouth.

Psalm 94 - O that today you would listen to his voice, harden not your hearts / Come, ring out our joy to the Lord  / Come in, let us kneel and bend low.

Second: I Corinthians 7:32-35 - Paul compares the responsibilities of married vs unmarried men and women - to help the people decide how to live.

Gospel: Mark 1:21-28 - Jesus teaches with authority in the Synagogue:   a man possessed by an unclean spirit challenges him, and Jesus orders the spirit to leave the man.

Themes

Jesus as a healer and teacher - speaking God's word.   Authority.

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Picture: "Christ Preaching at Capernaum," by Maurycy Gottlieb (1856–1879), in National Museum in Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland.  Public Domain.