Daily Reading & Meditation

Author Don Schwager, Servants of the Word - GOSPEL READING: Mark 3:19b, 20-21 - Then he went home; 20 and the crowd came together again, so that they could not even eat. 21 And when his family heard it, they went out to seize him, for people were saying, "He is beside himself."

Author Don Schwager, Servants of the Word - Mark 3:13-19 - And he went up on the mountain, and called to him those whom he desired; and they came to him. And he appointed twelve, to be with him, and to be sent out to preach and have authority to cast out demons: Simon whom he surnamed Peter; James the son of Zebedee and John the brother of James ....

Author Don Schwager, Servants of the Word - Mark 3:1-6 - Again he entered the synagogue, and a man was there who had a withered hand. And they watched him, to see whether he would heal him on the Sabbath, so that they might accuse him. And he said to the man who had the withered hand, "Come here." .....

Author Don Schwager, Servants of the Word - Mark 2:23-28 - One Sabbath he was going through the grain fields; and as they made their way his disciples began to pluck heads of grain. And 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 was in need and was hungry, he and those who were with him ...