The Good Word

Mark introduces Jesus as Son of God While some consider this title another way of saying Messiah the tradition prior to Mark about 40 years indicates that with this title Jesus is professed to be divine and that is saying much more about him than does Messiah The Gospel will not be out to

When couples who are going to be married in the Church come to see me for the first time I get them to fill out a brief questionnaire The last two questions on the form ask What do you like best about your partner What do you like best about yourself The first question usually presents n

The Messiah as Jesus own Jewish history shows was anything but a person who should die in humiliation powerless defenseless and public criminal Mark set himself the task in composing his Gospel story to flinch neither from the powerful demonstration of glorious attributes of a king Messia

Mark s opening line focuses his reader s attention upon Jesus Mark speaks about good news which has all the richness of divine blessing since it is God s joyful message to human beings for their good In the tradition leading up to the New Testament such good meant above all f

In offering a systematic interpretation of Mark s Gospel I follow him chapter by chapter with what can be called a center-slightly left interpretation this is in accord with many many Catholic exegetes today By following what I write you will see practically what it means to be cente

At the morning parade in Dachau on 22nd July 1943 six prisoners were found to have escaped Retribution was swift and brutal Randomly selected 12 people were hanged As the other prisoners watched their 12 fellow inmates gasp for breath someone in the crowd cried out Where is God Silence de

In commenting on liturgical readings and feasts of the Church I have found myself wishing that I could say more or better say more systematically So what I have suggested and have been given permission to do is offer a systematic run through Mark s Gospel later other New Testam

In commenting on liturgical readings and feasts of the Church I have found myself wishing that I could say more or better say more systematically So what I have been given permission to do is offer a systematical run through Mark s Gospel later other New Testament writings fol

Every Monday Wednesday and Friday I will discuss a portion of the Marcan Gospel to be followed eventually by Luke-Acts I will follow the Gospel chapter by chapter thus in a systematic way This means that I will not be commenting on liturgical texts or feasts of the Church Because others do

A furor broke out in a country diocese some years ago about the retreat style of priest who was taking Catholic students in their last year of high school or who were attending University away for weekend retreats On the Friday night of the retreat this priest would tell the young people that by th