 Today's gospel, from Mark chapter 6, beginning in verse 30, is one that I like to use when beginning a retreat. A retreat, you know, is a time to get away to a place where you can relax and pray and be spiritually and physically refreshed. I think the beginning of today's gospel is a good description of a retreat. It begins with the apostles returning from a mission trip and telling Jesus all about the things that they had accomplished.