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Mark 12:28–44 functions as a penultimate climax to Jesus’ public ministry, crystallizing his turbulent interactions with various leadership groups, represented here by the scribes.  At first glance, the scribes may seem like an entirely independent (...)

This text is among those in the Bible that are difficult, complex, and our reading depends on where and with whom we are committed to understand it. Angela Dienhart Hancock raises very important issues with (...)

At first, the text has an often-repeated theme from this wilderness period: The people complain, “Why have you brought us out of Egypt to die in the wilderness? For there is no food and no (...)

The appointed psalm comprises two sections of the lengthy song of thanksgiving, Psalm 107.1 A quick overview of the entire psalm will be helpful to understanding this portion. (For once I do NOT suggest doing (...)

Psalm 19 is a rich gift. From Beethoven’s “The Heavens Are Declaring” (Die Himmel rühmen), to Bach, Handel, and Haydn, magnificent musical compositions have incorporated its words. C.S. Lewis declared that Psalm 19 was a (...)

El escritor del Evangelio de San Marcos continúa su énfasis sobre la importancia de la cruz y la resurrección de Jesús como llave interpretativa de todas las historias que contiene su obra literaria. El anuncio (...)

Last week for Transfiguration Sunday we started by placing three key Markan texts side by side to understand what Mark’s narrative was aiming for overall: an apocalyptic vision of the gospel. We now turn to (...)

Jesus and his disciples had left their resting place and moved on, meeting crowds again and continuing with his teachings. Again the children were key to his understanding of the kin-dom of God. In this (...)

This psalm is a prayer of penitence, confession, remorse, owning mistakes made, and seeking a fresh start of new life with a restored soul upon receiving God’s forgiveness.1  Psalm 51 is traditionally attributed to David, (...)

La lectura del evangelio de Mateo de hoy forma parte del Sermón del Monte (Mt 5:3–7:27) y sirve como un llamado para recordar aquella triste realidad que se nos pasa por alto a menudo, a (...)