Commentary on Mark 10:17-31
The first thing to say about this text, and hopefully not the last thing to [...]
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Commentary on Mark 10:35-45
Following hot on the heels of the rich young man who goes away grieving, this [...]
Commentary on Mark 10:46-52
The tale of blind Bartimaeus is a bit uncanny in Mark’s Gospel — because nothing [...]
Commentary on Mark 12:28-34
There is no limit to the amount of work to be done in the church [...]
Commentary on Mark 12:38-44
Over the ages, Jesus has been persistently inconvenient for the elite classes of his and [...]
Commentary on Mark 13:1-8
As a young man I remember when this gospel lesson was the text used for [...]
Commentary on John 18:33-37
In 1925, Pope Pius XI instituted a new liturgical observance, the Feast of Christ the [...]
Commentary on Luke 21:25-36
Today’s lectionary passage is situated in a longer apocalyptic discourse in which Jesus warns of [...]
Commentary on Luke 3:1-6
Last week’s lectionary passage took us nearly to the end of Luke’s story (Luke 21). This week, [...]
Commentary on Luke 3:7-18
Luke depicts John the Baptist’s message as a clarion call to repentance. His proclamation can [...]