22nd DURING THE YEAR Cycle B Let’s listen "Tu Solus Sanctus" of the Requiem by Marcel Olm, wishing the holiness of heart.

22nd DURING THE YEAR 22nd DURING THE YEAR Cycle BCycle B

Let’s listen "Tu Solus Sanctus" of the Requiem by Marcel Olm, wishing the holiness of heart

SECTION OF THE LOAVES OF BREAD (Mk 6:32 - 8:26)

1st part of Jewish tradition- 1st Jewish multiplication of the loaves (focused in No. 5 of the Torah), - Eat the BREAD of Jesus with a clean HEART (today)

2a Part of Gentile tradition- The Bread of Jesus is also for the Gentiles (Canaanite woman) -The deaf-mute UNDERSTANDS Him (next SUNDAY)-2nd Gentile multiplication of the loaves (focused on the Greek No. 7)

The Bread of Jesus is intended to feed EVERYONE, and still have leftovers

We resume the Gospel of Mark still focused on the EUCHARIST

Bethsaida, where Jesus goes after the multiplication of the loaves (Mk 6:45)

According to tradition, Peter preached in Rome, while Mark

picks it up in his Gospel (see: 1 Pet 5:13 & Col 4:10)

Scholars believe that much of the Gospel of Mark was written in Rome, and today's Gospel, with explanations of what “the Jews” do, certifies it

Mk 7:18.14-15.21-23 Now Mk 7:18.14-15.21-23 Now when the Pharisees gathered when the Pharisees gathered to him, with some of the to him, with some of the scribes who had come from scribes who had come from Jerusalem, they saw that Jerusalem, they saw that some of his disciples ate some of his disciples ate with hands that were defiled, with hands that were defiled, that is, unwashed. that is, unwashed.

Bethsaida where the apostles live the Gospel of today

In the same way that the complex Jewish laws, should oppose the

simple rules of Jesus

The entry in The entry in the Rome of the Rome of

the 1st the 1st century, with century, with its imperial its imperial

laws, should laws, should impress to impress to

the apostlesthe apostles

Appian Way

where Mark and

the apostles entered Rome

Romewhere Mark

writes the Gospel

For the Pharisees and all the For the Pharisees and all the Jews do not eat unless they Jews do not eat unless they wash their hands, holding to wash their hands, holding to the tradition of the elders, and the tradition of the elders, and when they come from the when they come from the marketplace, they do not eat marketplace, they do not eat unless they wash. And there unless they wash. And there are many other traditions that are many other traditions that they observe, such as the they observe, such as the washing of cups and pots and washing of cups and pots and copper vessels and dining copper vessels and dining couches.couches.

Imperial Rome

Nor the customs of

the Jews, nor those of the

Romans, were in

accordance with the Good

News of Jesus

The splendour of the ancient city, The splendour of the ancient city, contrasted with the Gospelcontrasted with the Gospel

And the Pharisees and And the Pharisees and the scribes asked him, the scribes asked him, "Why do your disciples "Why do your disciples not walk according to not walk according to the tradition of the the tradition of the elders, but eat with elders, but eat with defiled hands?" defiled hands?"

The Christianity they carried at the heart, did

not remain in rituals, but in inner cleaning

Vestal subjected to the laws of the cult to the gods

Jesus said that what Jesus said that what mattered was not the mattered was not the

external purity, with all external purity, with all its so enslaving rulesits so enslaving rules

And he said to them, "Well did And he said to them, "Well did Isaiah prophesy of you Isaiah prophesy of you hypocrites, as it is written, "' hypocrites, as it is written, "' This people honors me with This people honors me with their lips, but their heart is far their lips, but their heart is far from me; in vain do they from me; in vain do they worship me, teaching as worship me, teaching as doctrines the commandments of doctrines the commandments of men.' You leave the men.' You leave the commandment of God and hold commandment of God and hold to the tradition of men." to the tradition of men."

We all have this danger:

“You decorate the temples, but

you have Christ

chained in prison” (St. John

Chrysostom)

Jews and the Romans were concerned only on the external Jews and the Romans were concerned only on the external worship; abandoning God's law, complying the worldly practiceworship; abandoning God's law, complying the worldly practice

Pantheon dedicated to the gods (1st century BC)

And he called the And he called the people to him again and people to him again and said to them, "Hear me, said to them, "Hear me, all of you, and all of you, and understand: There is understand: There is nothing outside a nothing outside a person that by going person that by going into him can defile him, into him can defile him,

Neither the successes or failures are important, the essential thing is not to let evil within us

Nothing Nothing outside outside

contaminated contaminated the personthe person

The Colosseum

(29 BC) served

over 500 years for games

but the things that come out but the things that come out of a person are what defile of a person are what defile him. For from within, out of him. For from within, out of the heart of man, come evil the heart of man, come evil thoughts, sexual immorality, thoughts, sexual immorality, theft, murder, adultery, theft, murder, adultery, coveting, wickedness, deceit, coveting, wickedness, deceit, sensuality, envy, slander, sensuality, envy, slander, pride, foolishness. pride, foolishness.

Remains of the “Domus Aurea” or 'Golden House'

of Nero 1st century Rotating dining room for banquets

Led to: «evil thoughts, sexual immorality, theft, murder, adultery, coveting,

wickedness, deceit, sensuality, envy, slander, pride, foolishness….»

The emperors ambition polluted the environmentThe emperors ambition polluted the environment

All these evil All these evil things come things come from within, from within, and they defile and they defile a person." a person."

To eat the BREAD of Jesus we have the heart clean of criticism, envy

and rivalries... And if, despite fighting, we fall, the Communion

with the Good Jesus, will help us be converted

The BREAD of Jesus The BREAD of Jesus calls for a radical calls for a radical

cleaningcleaning

PeterPeter

Mark

Mark

Jesus, “a clean heart create for us” (Psalm 51) and your Bread will be the food that

belongs to us

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Entrance to the city of Bethsaida

(Galilee)