Preparation for the Gospel Reading - Preceding Mark 2:1-12

Leader: Listen to the story of the paralyzed man and be amazed at the way his friends helped him get healed.

All: All of us need help from time to time.

Leader: Would you help someone who needed to see a doctor, even if that person had no transportation and no money to pay?

Women: Would you help a person with AIDS whose family turned away?

Men: Would you help someone in high school whose parents were preoccupied with drugs?

All: All of us need help from time to time.

Leader: Listen to the story of the paralyzed man and look for yourself in the story. Has life paralyzed you or are you looking to help someone else walk again?

All: Remember, all of us need help from time to time.