14 January 2025 - Tuesday of the 1st week
Homily
The Gospel begins with these words: ‘ Immediately on the Sabbath He (Jesus) went to the synagogue and taught there ’. Let's look at the context of this account in Mark's Gospel. We are at the beginning of the Gospel. Jesus was baptised and spent forty days in the desert, where He was tempted; then He returned to Galilee and chose His disciples. Then,' says the Gospel text, “”He went with His disciples to Capernaum, and immediately, on the Sabbath, He entered the synagogue to teach. Immediately He healed a man afflicted with an unclean spirit.