Paul was born in Japan between 1564 and 1566 and joined the Jesuits in 1580. Along with twenty-five other Christians – both religious and lay, Franciscans and Jesuits – he was tortured and martyred at Nagasaki in 1597.
Hebrews 12:4-7, 11-15; Psalm 103; Mark 6:1-6
We read in the letter to the Hebrews that the Lord reprimands his children when they go wrong but the punishment is not meant to destroy them but to purify and make them better in the future. We see in today’s Gospel how Jesus is ignored by his own neighbours because they thought they knew him. Because of their little faith he could work no miracles among them showing that if we really want to be better people we must believe in him and in the Good News. Our readings today call on us to be people of faith and to live by faith.
Hebrews 12:4-7, 11-15; Psalm 103; Mark 6:1-6
We read in the letter to the Hebrews that the Lord reprimands his children when they go wrong but the punishment is not meant to destroy them but to purify and make them better in the future. We see in today’s Gospel how Jesus is ignored by his own neighbours because they thought they knew him. Because of their little faith he could work no miracles among them showing that if we really want to be better people we must believe in him and in the Good News. Our readings today call on us to be people of faith and to live by faith.