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Gospel of Mark
Was the angel in the tomb the same ‘young man’ who ran away naked during Jesus’s arrest?
March 31, 2024
“On entering the tomb they saw a young man in a white robe seated on the right-hand side, and they were struck with amazement.” (Mark 16:5) Why does St Mark, alone among the evangelists, describe the angel in the tomb as a “young man in a white robe”? The only other time he refers to
The Transfiguration of Jesus calls us to be obedient like Abraham
February 25, 2024
“Jesus took with him Peter and James and John and led them up a high mountain” (Mark 9:2). Sunday’s Gospel of Jesus’s Transfiguration is paired with the narrative of Abraham’s near-sacrifice of his son Isaac in the first reading, prompting the question: What is the link? Jesus says to His disciples: “If any man would
Understanding Jesus’s presence with ‘wild beasts’ in today’s Gospel
February 18, 2024
“The Spirit drove Jesus out into the wilderness and he remained there for forty days, and was tempted by Satan. He was with the wild beasts, and the angels looked after him.” (Mark 1:12-13) In the Gospel for the first Sunday of Lent, why does St Mark mention that Jesus “was with the wild beasts”? It
Curing the sick and casting out demons: Christ’s earthly ministry was to heal and to cleanse
February 13, 2024
The last two “ordinary” Sundays before Lent begins tomorrow, 14 February on Ash Wednesday, saw us reading from the first chapter of St Mark’s Gospel. Here we see the beginning of Christ’s ministry of preaching, curing the sick and casting out demons, and there are some important features that we should note from these two
The mystery of Jesus’s ‘stern’ moment with the leper (and with us)
February 08, 2024
“Jesus immediately sent him away and sternly ordered him, ‘Mind you say nothing to anyone'” (Mark 1:43-44). Our lectionary translation for part of this forthcoming Sunday’s Gospel uses the word “sternly” for how Jesus speaks to the leper he has just healed. But does this translation really work? On one hand, Jesus has reason to
Even Jesus needed downtime
February 04, 2024
Sunday Gospel reflection: Parsing the devil’s use of ‘us’
January 28, 2024
“What do you want with us, Jesus of Nazareth?” (Mark 1:24) Why does the demon in Sunday’s Gospel use the plural “us” rather than the singular “me”? Jesus’s following words of exorcism clearly show there is only one demon involved. When a devil interferes with us, he wants to identify himself with us, so we
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