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Hi everyone, welcome back to our
podcast, where we take a look at

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the Gospel reading from today's 
mass, and we are going to 

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provide an exegesis of the 
literal sense. 

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What did the original author try
to convey to his original 

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audience? 
That's always the best way to 

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start when we're trying to 
interpret the The the gospels 

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and that's the method. 
The Catholic Church tells us 

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that we need to use we always 
need to start with the literal 

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sense of the text. 
So today we're looking at Mark 

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chapter 6, verse 32, 34 that's 
the Gospel reading. 

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You'll hear today at Mass the 
apostles rejoined, Jesus and 

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told him all they had done and 
taught. 

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Then he said to them, you must 
come away to some lonely place, 

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or by yourselves and rest for a 
while. 

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For there were so many coming 
and going that the apostles had 

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no time even to eat. 
So they went off in a boat to a 

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lonely place where they could be
by themselves. 

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But people saw them going and 
many could guess where, and from

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every town, they all hurried to 
the place on foot and reached it

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before them. 
So, as he stepped ashore, he saw

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a large crowd and he took pity 
on them because they were like 

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sheep without a shepherd and he 
set himself to teach them at 

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some length. 
So this begins a new section in 

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the gospel of Mark, which a lot 
of Scholars would say is about 

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bread and nourishment. 
And we'll see that over the next

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couple of chapters that theme of
bread and nourishment comes up a

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lot. 
So verse 30, the apostles, 

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rejoin Jesus. 
So if you remember what's 

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happened just before, this is 
Jesus, sent the apostles out 

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two, by two to go and do 
Mission, and their possibly away

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for a few weeks. 
And now they come back and 

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report, back to Jesus and they 
tell him all they had. 

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Done and taught. 
So they give Jesus a mission 

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report of how it went. 
It's interesting that they 

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mention the word taught because 
Jesus instructions to them 

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didn't Indy, he didn't tell them
to go and teach you just told 

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him to heal and cast out demons.
So they'll supposed to preach 

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but not teach and that tells us 
that it doesn't have to be 

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mentioned, really. 
It's an essential part of 

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preaching. 
The gospel is, there's going to 

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be teaching in there as well. 
And as we will Discover, it 

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seems like their Ministry was 
quite successful, because now 

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there's a huge crowd following 
them. 

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So, Jesus says, to them after 
they've just returned from this,

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from their trip, you must come 
away to some lonely, place, all 

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by yourselves, and rest awhile. 
So they've just returned from a 

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very significant trip and they 
were preaching the kingdom in 

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poverty. 
Remember they weren't allowed to

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take money or extra clothes so 
they've been living in poverty 

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for a while. 
It's probably quite exhausting. 

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Very significant trip for the 
apostles that went out two by 

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two. 
So Jesus says, let's just go and

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rest awhile, just us, let's have
some us time, and which makes 

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sense. 
Because you remember one of the 

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things, one of the things Mark 
lists as the purpose of an 

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apostle, one of them is to go 
out and preach which they've 

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done, but the other one is to be
with Jesus. 

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So now they're having time to be
with Jesus again, and this 

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highlights, Jesus concern to 
give comfort and rest to those 

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who serve him and, you know, a 
lot of Scholars, talk your 

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about. 
If you're in Ministry, there's a

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big need for a balance between 
time with Jesus. 

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As in rest time, intimacy with 
Jesus in prayer and reflection 

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and balancing that with active 
Ministry work. 

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And then Mark adds this comment 
for those so many coming and 

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going that the apostles had no 
time to eat. 

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So there's thousands of people 
coming, this crowd is massive. 

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They're all coming to Jesus for 
healing and the apostles are 

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trying to control the crowd. 
The their Ministry has been so 

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successful that the, its 
booming, the crowd is huge and 

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the trying to control the crowd 
and the humming even got time to

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eat anymore. 
So Jesus says, let's go. 

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Let's have some quiet time verse
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So they went off in a boat to a 
lonely. 

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A place. 
So, they've been Jesus has been 

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on the edge of the Sea of 
Galilee teaching and now they 

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actually get into a boat and go 
across the Sea of Galilee to 

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another side of the lake, which 
was probably expected to be 

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uninhabited, a quiet place on 
the edge of the lake. 

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Verse 33 but many could guess 
where they were going or another

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translation says many new them. 
So they saw them leaving in the 

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boat at the Sea of Galilee is 
quite small. 

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We need to cap the never keep 
that in mind. 

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So the crowd saw the direction, 
the boat was leaving and they 

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figured out while there's only a
few places in that direction. 

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They could go and they start to 
go around and meet them there. 

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And mock ads there from every 
town. 

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So at this stage, people are 
streaming to Jesus from all over

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Israel and they hurried to the 
place on foot. 

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So they probably running. 
They're probably running to beat

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the boat that. 
If they walk, they might not 

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beat it. 
But if they run, they might be 

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able to beat the boat there. 
So since the lake was quite 

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small. 
And they know where Jesus is 

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going, it's probably true that. 
If they hurry there, they can 

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beat the boat there. 
Remember, this is people from 

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all over Israel. 
Clamoring to see Jesus and they 

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don't want to miss their 
opportunity. 

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So verse 34 is Jesus stepped 
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So they've been expecting it to 
be a quiet abandoned place but 

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the crowds are waiting for them.
They're waiting for Jesus when 

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he steps ashore. 
And at this point mark says it's

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a large crowd but as we learn 
very soon after this passage, 

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there's probably around 15,000 
people here. 

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So, by this point Jesus has 
become very well known all 

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across Israel as a Healer and a 
teacher and Mark says he took 

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pity on them so he could have 
been annoyed. 

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If you think about it, he could 
have been annoyed because he 

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wanted some private time with 
the disciples. 

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And now, the crowd has ruined 
that but he chose has to 

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chooses, to show compassion and 
the word here for compassion is 

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a verb that connotes a deeply 
felt passion in the gut as 

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though his very heart is moving.
So deeply felt passion, These 

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feeling for the crowd. 
And Mark says, he feels this way

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because they are like sheep 
without a shepherd. 

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And so Mark, he gives us an 
analogy in what way of the 

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people like a sheep without a 
Shepherd. 

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Well, it seems to be that just 
as sheep literal. 

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Sheep need a shepherd. 
And if they don't have one there

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lost, then these Jewish people 
have no spiritual guide at the 

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moment, and so they're 
spiritually lost. 

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To remedy this. 
Jesus begins to teach at some 

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length as we're about to hear 
his. 

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He goes on to teach. 
And so, Mark here is hinting and

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often in the Old Testament, it 
talks about God being The 

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Shepherd of his, if his people. 
And so Marky and might be 

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hinting that Jesus is, is that 
Divine shepherd? 

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He Is God, shepherding, his 
people Now, the very next, 

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that's the end of our passage 
today, but the very next thing 

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that happens something quite 
significant happens with this 

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massive crowd, but you'll need 
to tune in again tomorrow to 

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find out the next thing that 
happens on this side of the lake

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with the big crowd, okay? 
Bit of a shorter podcast today, 

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there's no catechism references.
That relates directly to this 

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passage so hopefully you tune in
again tomorrow.