Commentary on Mark 1:4-11
Welcome to the annual liturgical celebration of the Baptism of Our Lord (First Sunday after [...]
Welcome to the annual liturgical celebration of the Baptism of Our Lord (First Sunday after [...]
Welcome to the Third Sunday after Epiphany, the continuing season of Light. Context Much has [...]
Mark’s Gospel is not for the disengaged spectator; it is for those caught up in [...]
Nathanael’s preconceptions could have kept him from seeing the Son of God. But he was [...]
Epiphany is a promise that God is here, whether or not we notice the signs. [...]
Luke’s story of Jesus being presented in the temple explicitly suggests that his parents brought [...]
Imagine an angel showing up at someone’s home or workplace entirely unexpectedly and making a [...]
The other day, as I was sitting down in a [...]
WAKE UP! Like a splash of cold water on the face, Mark’s Gospel begins with a jarring, [...]
John’s audience would have been familiar with the first few words of the prologue, “In [...]