Category Archives: Daily Gospels

Reflection: Mark 8:27-33 Several times in the Gospel, we read that the crowds and the disciples have put the question about Jesus: “Who is this?” With today’s passage, Mark intends to reveal the mystery, answers the question on everyone’s mind. The episode is set in the vicinity of Caesarea Philippi, the city that Philip, one […]

Reflection: Mark 8: 22-26 The people of Bethsaida brought a blind man to Jesus. Although he did not ask Jesus to heal him, or maybe he did not even ask to be brought to Jesus, Jesus heals him at the request of his friends. But there is a curious description in this healing story. Jesus […]