Preparation for Sunday mass: Mark 4:35-41


We present here the text that will be read at Sunday mass, the 12th Sunday of Ordinary Time, and we formulate some questions that might help us prepare to hear the reading.

jesus storm
35 On that day, when evening had come, he said to them, "Let us go across to the other side."

36 And leaving the crowd behind, they took him with them in the boat, just as he was. Other boats were with him. 37 A great windstorm arose, and the waves beat into the boat, so that the boat was already being swamped. 38 But he was in the stern, asleep on the cushion; and they woke him up and said to him, "Teacher, do you not care that we are perishing?"

39 He woke up and rebuked the wind, and said to the sea, "Peace! Be still!" Then the wind ceased, and there was a dead calm.

40 He said to them, "Why are you afraid? Have you still no faith?"

41 And they were filled with great awe and said to one another, "Who then is this, that even the wind and the sea obey him?"

- To which other side is Jesus referring when he says “Let us go across to the other side”?

- What is the disciples’ reaction to the windstorm and why?

- How can Jesus sleep through the storm and what is his reaction to the fear of the disciples?

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