This coming Sunday is the 22nd Sunday in Ordinary Time, lectionary cycle B. After five consecutive Sunday gospels addressing the Bread of Life Discourse in John’s Gospel, we again return to the primary source of gospel readings for the year: the Gospel according to Mark. When we last proclaimed this gospel we did so on the 15th and 16th Sundays. In those Sundays Jesus had sent the disciples out on mission “two by two and gave them authority over unclean spirits. He instructed them to take nothing for the journey but a walking stick— no food, no sack, no money in their belts. They were, however, to wear sandals but not a second tunic.” (Mark 6:7-9). Continue reading →