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Jul 08, 2015

Volume 132, Issue #14

Lectionary

July 19, Ordinary 16B: Mark 6:30-34, 53-56

“Many were coming and going, and they had no leisure, even to eat.” I think of the many lunches spent at my computer with a sandwich.

July 12, 15th Sunday in Ordinary Time: Mark 6:14-29

I like Mark’s frequent mention of how people felt. In this week’s text, Herod is greatly perplexed about John the Baptist.

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