1. Marks Gospel has an urgent message that informs the community of the necessity to live life as modeled by Jesus.
2. Mark's Gospel focuses on Jesus' deeds more than his words.
3. Some of Jesus' followers misunderstand or betray him, and some of his enemies acknowledge that he is the Son of God.
4. The main characters in Mark's Gospel are Jesus, the Jewish and political authories, his followers, and the crowds.
1. Mark can frame one incident inside another, and he uses the threefold pattern.
2. In Mark's Gospel, we ask ourselves, "Who is Jesus?"
3. The Messianic Secret means that Jesus heals, preaches and teaches as the promised Messiah.
Within the movement of readings, called the Messianic mystery, Jesus announces that he must suffer die and then be raised in glory.
4. When God says to Jesus, "You are my son," Jesus' Messianic mission is identified and the assurance of God's love is given.
5. The arrest of John the Baptist serves as a warning that there will be a struggle between good and evil.
6. Jesus asks his disciples "Who do you say that I am?" and "But who do you say that I am?"
7. Peter correctly answers the Messiah, but he doesn't fully understand the nature of his messiahship.
8. The Sanhedrin convicts Jesus of Blasphemy and sentence him to death.
9. When Jesus dies, the Roman soldier realizes that Jesus was the Son of God.
Mark was writing to a Gentile audience and shows that Jesus is the Messiah of all.
1. At baptism, we received the seeds of discipleship. The parable of the sower can offer us insight about how ready the soil of our life is for our becoming a follower of Jesus.
2. Jesus recruits four ordinary people to help him proclaim the message of the kingdom of God.
3. Apostolos in Greek means one who is sent.
4. It is only by spending time with Jesus that their minds, hearts, and attitides can be transformed so they can go forth to preach and perform good acts.
5. Jesus sent his apostles on a journey on the move. They ministered together and trusted in God and others totally for their needs.
6. Being a disciple is an invitation to walk with the Lord and follow his example. Being a disciple requires a choice to turn away from our former ways and ask God's forgiveness for our mistakes.
7. When we say yes to being a disciple of Jesus, we agree to continue Jesus' mission of serving the kingdom of God here on earth and cooperating in bringing about the fullness of the kingdom in eternity.
2. As Jesus journeys from Galilee to Jerusalem, the road to his cross, the disciples' lack of understanding deepens.
3. Wealth kept the young rich man from following Jesus. Wealth is only one obstacle that can stand between us and our relationship with Jesus.
4. James and John were blind because they didn't see the remarkable deeds of Christ.
5. Faith is trusting, believing, and surrendering to God who is revealed in Jesus.
6. The times in our lives when we finally see the light are called conversion experiences.
1. Discipleship is following the way of the cross.
3. God never promised anyone a life free of pain, but God did promise that he would always be with us-we would not be alone.
1. Mark's Gospel comes full circle when Jesus will meet his disciples in Galilee.
2. Mark's message at the end of his Gospel, is that the story continues as we respond to it.
vocabulary:
Sanhedrin-in Jesus' time, a group of seventy one poeple made up of elders, scribes and chief priests; they made decisions regarding actions of the people of the Jewish community.
apostle-frin tge Greek word apostolos which means "one who is sent."