Jesus Call to Simon the 1st Disciple “Do not be afraid; from now on you will be catching men.” (Luke 5:10) On this Sunday the second Sunday of Paope, the Church reads from Luke 5:1-11. This Gospel begins by describing how the crowd was pressing in on Jesus “to hear the word of God” (Lk…

Jesus Heals a Paralytic ‘Son, your sins are forgiven.’  (Mark 2:5) On the 1st Sunday of the blessed month of Paope the Church reads from the Gospel of Mark2:1-12.  In these verses we read the story of Christ healing the paralyzed man in Capernaum. When the Lord had entered Capernaum and settled in a house…