Since early October the second reading has been from the letter to the Hebrews. Reginald Fuller says that the letter is addressed to Christians in Italy who have stagnated in their faith. It sounds less like a letter and more like a sermon, for it lacks the epistolary style of the other letters.

Who or what keeps me from loving God completely?

Gospel: Mark 10: 17–30
How hard it is for those who have wealth to enter the Kingdom of God.

It’s all about relationships

Gospel: Mark 10: 2–16
Whoever does not accept the kingdom of God like a child will not enter it

Who is a true disciple; who is a false disciple?

Gospel: Mark 9: 38–43, 45, 47–48
Anyone who gives you a cup of water to drink because you belong to Christ, amen I say to you, will surely not lose his reward.

What it means to be first in the Kingdom of God

Gospel: Mark 9: 30–37
Anyone who wants to be first must be the very last