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REFLECTIONS TODAY Reflections today When the Twelve return to Jesus and report what they had done and taught during their mission, Jesus invites them to a deserted place to rest a while. Here we see Jesus’ great concern for his disciples—and later, for the crowd. Mark does not identify the...

Through Untrue Fr. Rolando V. dela Rosa, O.P. Contemporary society puts a very high premium on work, not rest. For countless people in offices, factories, assembly lines, and construction projects, work has become their sole purpose for living. But it is a too-narrow purpose.  It locks us into a...