Gospel

Matthew 3:16
Commentary on Mark 1:4-11

Welcome to the annual liturgical celebration of the Baptism of Our Lord (First Sunday after [...]

Coventry Cathedral - Fish
Commentary on Mark 1:14-20

Welcome to the Third Sunday after Epiphany, the continuing season of Light. Context Much has [...]

white sweatshirt with cartoon of figure with scribbles for brains
Commentary on Mark 1:21-28

Mark’s Gospel is not for the disengaged spectator; it is for those caught up in [...]

hands open to God's call
Commentary on John 1:43-51

Nathanael’s preconceptions could have kept him from seeing the Son of God. But he was [...]

Matthew 2:10
Commentary on Matthew 2:1-12

Epiphany is a promise that God is here, whether or not we notice the signs.  [...]

Baby in brown swaddle looking up
Commentary on Luke 2:22-40

Luke’s story of Jesus being presented in the temple explicitly suggests that his parents brought [...]

Anunciation, Leonardo da Vinci, around 1472
Commentary on Luke 1:26-38

Imagine an angel showing up at someone’s home or workplace entirely unexpectedly and making a [...]

Saint John the Baptist in the Wilderness by Jose Leonardo ca. 1635
Commentary on John 1:6-8, 19-28

The other day, as I was sitting down in a [...]

Judean wilderness
Commentary on Mark 1:1-8

WAKE UP! Like a splash of cold water on the face, Mark’s Gospel begins with a jarring, [...]

Starry night with dark landscape
Commentary on John 1:1-14

John’s audience would have been familiar with the first few words of the prologue, “In [...]