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| The Feeding of the Multitudes |
Over the past two weeks I have been
giving a Bible Study to our Youth Ministry class. The verses sighted below were
among the topics we discussed. I also found that a good audio Bible recording
is a great tool for teaching Sacred Scripture. As Catholics we hear a lot of
the Bible read every week, but rarely do we sit down and read from beginning to
end. Try this for a Bible Study; Listen and follow along to about three
chapters of an Audio Bible recording (For example, Mark’s Gospel). Then pray a
decade of the Rosary reflecting on highlights from that reading or from the gospel
as a whole. In praying the Sacred Scriptures in the Rosary we can deepen our
devotional time and become more familiar with the sacred page. The following
are verses from the Gospel According to Mark.
The Gospel According to Mark
Our Father . . .
1. The Heavens opened
1:10-11 - And when he came up out of the
water, immediately he saw the heavens opened and the Spirit descending upon him
like a dove; and a voice came from heaven, “You are my beloved Son, with you I
am well pleased.”
Hail Mary . . .
2.
The Curtain in the Jerusalem Temple torn
15:37-38 - And Jesus uttered a loud cry, and
breathed his last. And the curtain of the temple was torn in two, from top to bottom.
Hail Mary . . .
3.
The Confession of Peter
8:29 – And he asked them, “But who do you say
that I am?” Peter answered him, “You are the Christ.”
Hail Mary . . .
4.
The Confession of the Gentile (Roman Centurion)
15:39- And when the centurion, who stood
facing him, saw that he thus breathed his last, he said, “Truly this man was
the Son of God!”
Hail Mary . . .
5.
Feeding of the 5000 (12 baskets collected)
6:41 – And taking the five loaves and the two fish he looked up to heaven, and
blessed, and broke the loaves, and gave
them to the disciples to set before the people; . .
Hail Mary . . .
6.
Feeding of the 4000 (7 baskets collected)
8:6- And he commanded the crowd to sit down
on the ground; and he took the seven
loaves, and having given thanks he broke them and gave them to his disciples to set before the people; . . .
Hail Mary . . .
7.
The Last Supper
14:22- And as they were eating, he took bread, and blessed, and broke it,
and gave it to them, and said,
“Take, this is my body.”
Hail Mary . . .
Jesus
Predicts his Suffering, Death and Resurrection
8.
8:31 – And he began to teach them that the
Son of man must suffer many things, and be rejected by the elders and the chief
priests and the scribes, and be killed, and after three days rise again.
Hail Mary . . .
9.
9:31 – “The Son of man will be delivered into
the hands of men, and they will kill him; and when he is killed, after three
days he will rise.”
Hail Mary . . .
10.
10:33-34- “Behold, we are going to Jerusalem;
and the Son of man will be delivered to the chief priests and the scribes, and
they will condemn him to death, and deliver him to the Gentiles; and they will
mock him, and spit upon him, and scourge him, and kill him; and after three
days he will rise.”
Glory Be . . .
O My Jesus . . .
Ave Maria!
Praise be Jesus Christ!
Resources
Ignatius Catholic Study Bible RSV 2nd Edition,
The Gospel of Mark, Commentary, Notes and Study Questions, Compiled and edited Scott Hahn, Ignatius Press, 2001.
Revised Standard Version - Catholic Edition (emphasis mine)
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