Sunday, 9 June 2024: 10th Sunday, Year B
Genesis 3:9-15; 2 Corinthians 4:13-5:1; Mark 3:20-35
Homily
This scene, recounted by the Evangelist Mark, takes place at the beginning of Jesus' public ministry. After his baptism by John and the selection of his first disciples, followed by a forty-day fast in the desert, he returned to Galilee and began his ministry first in Capernaum and then in the villages of Galilee. He had already healed several people, starting with Simon Peter's mother-in-law. This sudden and overwhelming activity provoked strong reactions from the people's authorities, the scribes, and also worried his family.