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Integrating Scripture with Catholic doctrine, worship, and daily life, Mary Healy’s volume unwraps the riches of Mark’s Gospel for serious students and novices alike. It includes links to catechism and lectionary texts, accessible and substantive exegesis, reflection and application suggestions, biblical background and living tradition sidebars, and much more.

the time of Jesus’ conception (see John 8:41), or perhaps simply an indication that Joseph was deceased. Their questions suggest that they have pigeonholed Jesus: they are confident that they know all there is to know about him. So they took offense at him (skandalizomai, meaning to stumble over an obstacle). The idea that their hometown carpenter, Jesus, could be inaugurating the kingdom of God was scandalous; it did not conform to their preconceived ideas about how God would and could act. And
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