1. Reading The Gospel of Mark
1 - The Proclamation of John the Baptist – the start of Jesus
public ministry: “I have baptized you with water, but he will
baptize you with the Holy Spirit.”
2 - “Prepare the way of the Lord, make his paths straight.”
3 - And a voice came from Heaven: “You are my beloved Son, the
Beloved, with you I am well pleased.”
4 - Jesus was then tempted by Satan for fourty days
5 - Jesus follows the river Jordan downstream to the Sea of Galilee
where he recruits his first disciples: Simon and his brother
Andrew: “Follow me and I will make you fishers of men.”
6 - Capernaum’s synagogue: Jesus taught as one having authority
and not as the Jewish scribes
7 - Jesus healed a man with an unclean spirit: “Be silent, and
come out of him!”