Text: Mark 14:43-15:47 (Mark’s passion narrative interspersed with a poetic reflection on the way of the cross.)
Text: Mark 11:1-11, 14:3-9 (Jesus rides into Jerusalem and a woman prophetically anoints him with oil.)
Text: Mark 13:1-8, 24-37 (Jesus prepares his disciples for the end times.)
Text: Mark 6:1-29 (Jesus issues a prophetic call to his disciples.)
Text: Mark 5:1-20 (Jesus sets a bound and tormented man free.)
Text: Mark 1:21-45 (Jesus begins his ministry by setting the oppressed free.)
Text: Luke 1:15-25, 57-80 (After suffering years of bitter disappointment, Zechariah’s fatalism is transforms into faith.)