Mark 3:20-35

10th Sunday in Ordinary time, year B.

Questions

1) What are you initial thoughts, reactions, emotions, when reading the text?

2) What are your experiences of meeting resistance to the Kingdom of God? In your self? in your Christian communities? and the wider world?

3) How have you experienced the presence of Jesus making possible greater life?

4) How do you make sense (if you do) of blasphemy against the Holy Spirit?

5) What are the ways in which we can help to bind strong men?

6) Jesus' mother and brothers try to come and take him home. What are your experiences of being limited by a caring family?