AGAINST MALE DOMINATION The Pharisees raise a question with Jesus in order to test him. This time it isn’t an unimportant question, but something that causes many Galilean women to gravely suffer and

NO ONE HAS EXCLUSIVE RIGHTS TO JESUS The scene is surprising. The disciples come up to Jesus with a problem. This time, the spokesperson of the group isn’t Peter, but John, one of the two brothers who

WHY DO WE FORGET IT? On the road to Jerusalem, Jesus keeps instructing his disciples about what to expect at the end. He insists once more that he will be handed over to men and these will kill him, b

TAKING JESUS SERIOUSLY The episode of Caesarea Philippi occupies a central place in Mark’s Gospel. After some time living with him, Jesus asks his disciples a decisive question: «Who do you say I am?»

TO HEAL DEAFNESS The healing of a deaf-mute in the pagan region of Sidon is told by Mark with a clearly pedagogical intention. The man has a special sickness. He can neither hear nor talk. He lives cl

GOD’S COMPLAINT A group of Pharisees from Galilee approach Jesus with a critical attitude. They don’t come alone. They’re accompanied by some Scribes from Jerusalem, undoubtedly concerned with defendi