Study of the Readings
ed. by
Joyce Ann Zimmerman,
et al
• Words, Phrases
• To the point
• First Two Readings
• Experience
John Kavanaugh, SJ
Who can doubt that among married people are numbered some of the holiest people we know?
John J. Pilch
Jesus is not controlled or cowed by this unclean spirit. Instead, Jesus shows that his power is stronger than that of the unclean spirit.
Religion has a store of wonderful secrets which cannot be communicated to others, but which are most pleasant and delightful to know.
Dennis
Hamm, SJ
What Jesus has to communicate is not simply a new idea, an alternative lifestyle that might catch the fancy of a few people. It is nothing less than the announcement of the coming of God.
Reginald H. Fuller
The Marcan tradition saw the miracles as displays of Jesus’
authority.