JESUS returned to Galilee from Jerusalem about the end of May. The year that followed, devoted to the inauguration of His kingdom, was marked by many miracles and by preaching throughout Galilee. Shortly after His return He retired to a mountain on the Sea of Galilee, where He preached the Sermon on the Mount, incorporating many of His fundamental teachings. Before beginning this discourse, He formally chose and commissioned His twelve apostles-the first step in the organization of His kingdom. Some of His best remembered miracles belong to this period: the miraculous draught of fishes; numerous cures in the city of Capernaum, around which most of His activities centered; the raising to life of the widow’s son and of the daughter of Jairus; and finally the miraculous feeding of the crowds at Bethsaida Julias. This period closes significantly with His promise of the incredibly great gift-of Himself as our food and drink. The promise was made in the synagogue of Capernaum the day after He had drawn attention to His power by multiplying the food at Bethsaida.
Although it is not always possible to know in exactly what town Christ spoke or worked miracles or along what road He walked, all the events of this period took place either in Galilee or in the country of the Gerasenes, across the Sea of Galilee.
Another Miracle at Cana
John 4: 43-54 | Matthew 4:17
Mark 1: 14-15 | Luke 4: 14-22
The Miraculous Draught (Catch of Fish)
Matthew 4:13-22 | Matthew 7: 28-29
Matthew 13: 47-52 | Mark 1:16-22
Luke 4:31-32 | Luke 5: 1-11
Many Cures at Capernaum
Mark 1: 21-34 | Matthew 8:14-17
Luke 4:31-41
Jesus Cures A Leper
Matthew 4:23 | Matthew 8:1-4
Mark 1:35-45 | Luke 4:42-44
Luke 5: 12-16 | Leviticus 14:1-32
Christ Taught The “Our Father” – the model for all prayer
Matthew 6:1-15 | Luke 11:1-4
Deuteronomy 15:7-11
The Magnificat
Matthew 6:9 | Luke 1:46-55
Cure Of a Paralytic at Capernaum
Matthew 9:1-8 | Mark 2: 1-12
Luke 5:17-26
The Call of Matthew: A Sermon on Fasting
Matthew 9:9-17 | Mark 2:13-22
Luke 5:27-39
The Lord of the Sabbath
Matthew 12:1-14 | Mark 2:23-3:6
Luke 6: 1-11 | 1 Samuel 21:1-9
Choosing the Apostles
Matthew 4:18-22 | Matthew 10:1-4
Mark 3:7-19 | Luke 6:12-19
The Sermon On the Mount: The Beatitudes
Matthew 5:1-16 | Luke 6:20-26
Psalm 1:1-6
The Old Law; The New Law
Matthew 5:17-48 | Luke 6:27-36
Luke 16:18 | Leviticus 24:17-23
Deuteronomy 24:1-5
The Works of Justice
Matthew 6:1-7:12 | Luke 6:37-41
Luke 11:9-13 | Luke 12:22-36
Conclusion of the Sermon
Matthew 7:13-27 | Luke 6:43-59
Luke 13:24
The Centurion’s Servant
Matthew 7:28 | Matthew 8:5-13
Luke 7:1-10 | John 4:43-54
The Raising To Life of the Widow’s Son
Luke 7:11-17
John Sends Messengers to Christ
Matthew 11:2-19 | Luke 7:18-35
Luke 16:16
A Penitent Woman Anoints Christ’s Feet
Luke 7:36-50
The Holy Women: The Relatives of Christ
Matthew 12:46-50 | Mark 3:20-21
Mark 3:31-35 | Luke 8:1-3 | Luke 8:19-21
Christ’s Tender Love For Children
Teaching in Parables
Matthew 13:1-35 | Mark 4:1-34
Luke 8:4-18 | Luke 13:18-21
Jesus Explains A Parable
Matthew 13:36-52
Across The Lake
Matthew 8:18 | Matthew 8:23-34
Mark 4:35-5:20 | Luke 8:22-39
The Daughter of Jairus
Matthew 9:18-26 | Mark 5:21-43
Luke 8:40-56
Nazareth Rejects Jesus
Matthew 9:27-34 | Matthew 13:53-58
Mark 6:1-6 | Luke 4:16-30
The Mission of The Apostles
Matthew 9:35-10:1 | Matthew 11:1
Mark 6:6-34 | Luke 9:1-6
The Martyrdom of John the Baptist
Matthew 14:1-12 | Mark 6:14-30
Luke 9:7-9
The Good Samaritan
The Hated Samaritan
Luke 10:37
Saint Benedict the Moor
Miracle of The Loaves
Matthew 14:13-21 | Mark 6:31-44
Luke 9:10-17 | John 6:1-15
Christ Walks on the Sea
Matthew 14:22-36 | Mark 6:45-56
John 6:16-21
The Bread of Life
John 6:22-72
Information from The Life of Christ “Our Lord’s Life with Lesson in His Own Words for Our Life Today” edited by Reverend John P. O’Connell, MASTD and Jex Martin, MA following mainly A Chronological Harmony of the Gospels by Stephen J Hartdegen OFM NIHIL OBSTAT John A McMahon; IMPRIMATUR Samuel Cardinal Stritch, Archbishop of Chicago. Black & White Drawings by Albert H Winkler.