24th Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year B: Gospel: Catholic Bible Study

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This video explores the Gospel reading for the 24th Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year B:
Mark 8:27-35

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If you'll notice, Jesus doesn't say, "Beware the bread of the Pharisees." He says "Beware the leaven." The meaning is that since leaven increases the apparent amount of bread without actually increasing it, the goodness and wisdom of the Pharisees' teaching is similarly illusory and limited, whereas the teaching that Jesus has touched (i.e. "broken") overflows every basket. Its wisdom and goodness are boundless. This applies as well--even particularly--to the Eucharist, which is available in infinite abundance and equally to every man who will ever live.