1. Wednesday Gospel Webinar
Portsmouth Diocese – Formation for Mission

2. Come Holy Spirit, fill the hearts of your faithful and kindle in them the fire of your love. Send forth your Spirit and they shall be created. And You shall renew the face of the earth.
O, God, who by the light of the Holy Spirit, did instruct the hearts of the faithful, grant that by the same Holy Spirit we may be truly wise and ever enjoy His consolations, Through Christ Our Lord, Amen.

3. Literal meaning Where? Mark 1 – Galilee, Capernaum, Synagogue
When? After the call of the disciples
What? Jesus teaches in the synagogue and drives out unclean spirit
Who? Jesus, his disciples, people in the synagogue, man with unclean spirit
How? With authority
Why? Manifests the coming of the kingdom of God

4. Contrasts and confrontations
Authority of Jesus vs scribes
Holy one of God vs unclean spirit
Kingdom of God vs kingdom of evil
Exclamation of the unclean spirit vs faith of the disciples

5. Restores / renews / reorders
Finding God
Faithful / Teacher
Holy One of God
Authority of God
Word of God
Restores / renews / reorders
Re-creates

6. Finding the human person
Powerless
Teacherless
Leaderless
Oppressed
Called to the obedience of faith

7. Entrusted with the Word of God
Finding the Church
Kingdom of God
Clean vs unclean
Holy vs impure
Entrusted with the Word of God
Authority and power

9. Mary, Virgin and Mother,
you who, moved by the Holy Spirit,
welcomed the word of life
in the depths of your humble faith:
as you gave yourself completely to the Eternal One,
help us to say our own “yes”
to the urgent call, as pressing as ever,
to proclaim the good news of Jesus.
Mother of the living Gospel,
wellspring of happiness for God’s little ones,
pray for us.
Amen. Alleluia.

10. Acknowledgments
Mosaics artworks: © Fr Marko Rupnik and Centro Aletti
With gratitude to the Wednesday Word