BIBLE STUDY - 13th Sunday of Year B

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13th Sunday of Year B

June 30, 2024

COMMENTARY

BIBLE STUDY

LECTOR TIPS

BIBLE STUDY

MATT ZEMANEKFR. PLANTFR. KUJAWAFR. GALETTOKEITH NESTER

SOURCE: St. Timothy Catholic Church, Laguna Niguel, CA

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God's ability to bring healing and restoration, even in the face of death and suffering, demonstrates His divine nature and care for humanity.

00:00 📖 Join the St Timothy bible study, connect with the community, and receive the grace of the Holy Spirit as Jesus casts out worry and fear in Mark 5: 21-43.
03:57 🙏 Jesus performs miracles, instructs witnesses to keep it a secret, and reflects on the significance of blood in the Old Testament and the Eucharist.
13:33 📖 God's laws in Leviticus and Old Testament regarding uncleanness and the sacredness of blood, and the importance of approaching God in a state of purity.
17:59 🙏 Jesus' ability to cure the unclean and perform miracles signifies his divinity and power over the laws of uncleanliness, showing that he is divine and special.
26:09 🙏 God cares about the small details of your life and wants to restore and heal you completely, so don't be afraid to reach out to him for miracles.
34:35 🙏 Jesus heals and restores two unnamed women, representing the rich and the poor, showing his ability to heal and restore anyone, and the power of Jesus is not bound by being in a tabernacle.
39:37 📖 The intercalation in the gospels emphasizes faith, Jesus intentionally waits for Lazarus to die before raising him, and Jairus humbles himself to rely on Jesus' power.
45:41 🙏 Suffering can be redemptive and offered for the salvation of others, and God cares about the little things in life.

SOURCE: Fr. Geoffrey Plant’s Archives

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Jesus' miracles are signs of God's sovereign power and the coming of his kingdom, offering hope and healing to those in need.

00:00 🌊 Jesus performs miracles and uses the "Markan sandwich" literary device to link the stories of Jairus and the woman with internal bleeding, emphasizing the significance of being referred to as "daughter" by Jesus.
04:38 🐑 Jesus emphasizes the importance of doing the will of God, heals a young girl and an older woman, highlighting the power of faith and touch.
07:03 🐑 Jesus fulfills the Law and the Prophets by casting out an unclean spirit, emphasizing abundance and welcoming the outsider.
09:44 🐑 Jesus has come to set us free from sin and addiction at a cost, demonstrating the in-breaking of God's kingdom through his power to heal and raise the dead.
13:31 🐑 The woman with a flow of blood in the Bible is not considered impure or sinful, and she suffered from a haemorrhage for twelve years, enduring painful treatment and spending all her money with no improvement in her condition.
16:44 🐑 The woman's faith in Jesus allowed his power to restore her to health, demonstrating that faith is the channel through which Jesus' power can work.
20:44 🐑 Faith is tested in adversity, as seen in the story of a woman with a haemorrhage and in Goethe's play Faust, and suffering can lead to self-transcendence and growth.
23:26 🐑 Jesus demonstrates his power to raise the dead as a sign of the real healing God would accomplish through his death and resurrection, pointing to the resurrection of Jesus himself and the destruction of sin and death.

SOURCE: Fr. Bryan Kujawa’s Archives Switch videos using icon in the upper right corner.

SUMMARY OF VIDEO w/ Timestamps

God chose us to be children of light and we must cooperate with His plan to stand in the bright light of Truth, despite the presence of death and sin in the world.

00:00 📖 God chose us through the grace of adoption to be children of light, standing in the bright light of Truth.
00:59 📖 We are chosen by God to be children of light and must cooperate with God's plan to stand in the bright light of Truth.
02:58 📖 God did not create death, it entered the world through the envy of the devil, and the book of Wisdom contains wise sayings written before Jesus, which is found in the Catholic Bible but not in Protestant Bibles, and both Catholics and Protestants can find inspiration in the writings of saints and the authority of the Bible.
05:08 📖 Death entered the world through the envy of the devil, who seeks to ruin God's plans by causing humans to break communion with God through sin.
09:11 💡 Death is a consequence of sin, but there is hope in the promise of eternal life for those faithful to Jesus Christ.
10:39 📖 God did not create death, but it came through sin, and now humanity is enslaved to it, so we must choose the way of truth.
12:23 📖 Jesus rescues us from spiritual slavery and defeats the devil, as reflected in Psalm 30.
13:54 🙏 Exciting gospel and new section of 2 Corinthians to come, looking forward to sharing with you.

SOURCE: A Word Proclaimed

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God offers healing and calls on people to provide for each other, breaking societal taboos and emphasizing the importance of faith in Jesus for his message of love and forgiveness.

00:00 📖 God created everything good, sin leads to sickness and death.
00:55 📖 God is perfect, our imperfections cause sin, but God offers healing, and the Jewish sayings are not profound theological statements.
01:31 📖 Paul urges generosity in supporting other communities in need, specifically the Jewish Christians in Jerusalem, emphasizing that one does not need to impoverish oneself to help others.
02:30 🌵 Christ used as an example of taking only what is needed, regardless of wealth.
02:50 📖 God provided for their needs, now Paul calls on people to provide for each other, and the Gospel features two stories of healing women at the lowest rung of society.
03:28 📖 Jesus breaks societal taboos by helping those in need, addressing and healing a woman considered unclean.
03:53 👨‍👧‍👧 The powerful man is powerless to help his daughter, Jesus raises their level of dignity.
04:42 🙏 Have faith, Jesus brings the child back to life and emphasizes the importance of believing in him for his message of love and forgiveness.

SOURCE: YouTube Video Playlist

SUMMARY OF VIDEO w/ Timestamps

Through faith in Jesus, even death is just sleep, and God's grace is bigger than we can imagine.

00:00 📖 Let the word of God dwell in us richly and pray for open hearts and ears to receive what God speaks to us through the holy scriptures.
02:05 🙏 Death entered the world through human disobedience, but God's ultimate desire is for justice and mercy, and even though death has entered the world, God has a plan to defeat it.
08:03 🙏 God's favor brings joy and deliverance from hardship, with the power to rescue even the dead.
11:02 📖 The Exodus 90 app offers daily scriptures and reflections, St. Paul emphasizes equality and gracious work, and Christ's example of giving and love is shown through the church.
15:35 🙏 Jesus performs two healing miracles in Mark 5:21-43, showing the importance of providing for others in need and demonstrating his power by raising a dead girl to life.
18:46 🙏 God did not create death, Jesus demonstrates the power of faith in healing.
22:13 🙏 Believe in the Catholic faith, get close to God, and don't get hung up on the process, as God's grace is bigger than we can imagine.
25:40 🙏 Have faith, invite Jesus into your pain and situation, trust in his power to conquer death, and believe that through Christ, even death is just sleep.

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CYCLE B INDEX

SOURCE: Cycle B Index

1st Reading: We’re Better Than That
2nd Reading: Charitable Giving
Gospel: Jesus the Folk Healer

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Michal
Hunt

Agape Bible Study

CALENDAR

Victory over Death and the
Gift of Life

13th Sunday of Year B

God created humans to be immortal and to live forever in fellowship with the Divine Creator. God did not make death, as the First Reading tells us. Death entered the world through the devil’s envy and because of Adam and Eve’s sin of rebellion (Wis 1:13; 2:23-24). A consequence of our original parents’ fall from grace was that sin broke humankind’s immortal tie with God. The human soul remained immortal, but the loss of divine grace meant the gates of Heaven were closed to humanity, and the curse of physical suffering and death reigned until the coming of the Redeemer-Messiah. The promised Davidic Messiah’s mission was to break the power of sin and death over humanity and reopen Heaven’s gates (CCC 536, 1026).

FIRST READING

God created
Man to be Immortal

The inspired writer of the Book of Wisdom assures us that God did not make death (verse 13), nor did He create evil. Death is the absence of life in the same way that darkness is the absence of light, cold the absence of heat, and evil the absence of God. Evil does not exist unto itself. It is like darkness and cold; it is a word created to describe the absence of its opposite. Evil is not like faith or love; these are the gifts of experiencing God. Evil is the result of what can happen when someone does not have God's love present in his or her heart or when an entity like Satan and his fallen angels stand in opposition to God. It is like the cold that comes when there is no heat or the darkness that comes when there is no light.

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SECOND READING

The Need for Charity

St. Paul's second letter to the church at Corinth, Greece, written from Macedonia about a year after his first letter, is a letter of recommendation for Titus and an unnamed missionary companion. Paul sent Titus (who had since arrived) to correct and encourage the community in faith and right teaching (8:6-7, 16-17). Among other problems, it appears the Corinthians are not meeting the needs of the poor within their community.

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GOSPEL

New Life in Christ

The significance of the parallel stories of the official's daughter and the bleeding woman is that in the healings, the woman and the girl are Biblical "types" of Israel: both are "daughters" of Israel. Notice that Jesus calls the woman "daughter," and the child is the "daughter" of the Synagogue official. The woman bled for twelve years, and the girl was twelve years old. Twelve is the symbolic number of Israel, a people who were the descendants of the twelve sons of Jacob/Israel. Jesus healed the woman and raised the girl from the dead, just as He came to heal Old Covenant Israel and to free the faithful from bondage to sin and death by calling them to "arise" to a new life in a new and eternal covenant.

The Daughter	The Bleeding Woman	Israel
The official calls her his daughter (Mk 5:23).	Jesus calls the woman daughter (Mk 5:34).	Both the girl and the woman are daughters of Israel.
The official's daughter was twelve years old (Mk 5:42).	The woman bled for twelve years (Mk 5:25).	Twelve is the number of Israel, composed initially of twelve tribes that were the descendants of the twelve sons of Jacob/Israel.
Jesus healed and raised the official's daughter from death, restoring the girl to her family (Mk 5:42).	Jesus healed the bleeding woman, restoring her to her community (Mk 5:34).	Jesus came to heal and restore Israel: to raise the faithful remnant of the new Israel from bondage to death and a new life in Christ Jesus and His New Covenant Kingdom of the Church.
Michal E. Hunt Copyright © 2011

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Vince
Contreras

Scripture Study

YEAR B

Discussion Questions

Jesus said, ‘Who touched me?’

13th Sunday of Year B

For all the people pressing for Jesus’ attention, two (Jairus and the sick woman in verses 25-34) get through to him in this passage. Why?
How is Jairus’ situation similar to that of the sick woman? How is it different?
What is Jesus’ reaction to the news that the child is dead? Jairus reaction? Why did Jesus say the child was asleep? Why was it not necessary for Jesus to lay his hands on the child to heal her? As Jairus, what would you say to the crowd outside your house after Jesus left?
Mark tells us that Jairus “fell at Jesus’ feet” and begged him to heal his daughter. When was the last time you “fell at Jesus’ feet” and begged for help?
What does Jesus “ignore” in verse 36? What does he tell Jairus? What might God advise you to ignore in order to exercise faith?

CLOSING PRAYER: In times of spiritual cooling and laziness, imagine in your heart those past times when you were full of zeal and solicitude in all things, even the smallest; remember your past efforts and the energy with which you opposed those who wished to obstruct your progress. These recollections will reawaken your soul from its deep sleep, will invest it anew with the fire of zeal, will raise it, as it were, from the dead and will make it engage in an ardent struggle against the devil and sin, thus returning to its former rank. -St. Isaak of Syria

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