“Which commandment is first of all?” Jesus answered: “The first is this: ‘Hear, O Israel, the Lord our God the Lord is one. And you shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength.’ The second is this: ‘You…[read more]
Jesus said to them: “Is not this why you are wrong—because you do not know the Scriptures of the power of God?” Mark 12:24 Sigmund Freud’s analytic critique of monotheistic religion is entitled: The Future of An Illusion. The basis of his critique is that the teachings of religion and the very notion of God…[read more]
The King of Israel, the Lord, is in your midst, you have no further misfortune to fear. On that day it shall be said to Jerusalem: Fear not, O Zion, be not discouraged! The Lord, your God, is in your midst, a mighty savior; He will rejoice over you with gladness, and renew you in…[read more]
But those tenant farmers said to themselves, “This is the heir. Come, let us kill him, and the inheritance will be ours.” Mark 12:7 At the core of our human dilemma lies our desire to “own” what does not belong to us. We mistakenly think the world is ours, and so, we likewise “forget”…[read more]
Each one of you has received a special grace, so, like good stewards responsible for all these different graces of God, put yourselves at the service of others. If you are a speaker, speak in words which seem to come from God; if you are a helper, help as though every action was done at…[read more]
And immediately he regained his sight and followed him on the way. Mark 10:52 Beloved, I urge you as aliens and sojourners to keep away from worldly desires that wage war against the soul. 1 Peter 2:11 In the conclusion of their commentary on the passage from Mark that we read today, Daniel J. Harrington,…[read more]
They were on the road, going up to Jerusalem, and Jesus was preceding them; and they were amazed, but those following him were afraid. Mark 10: 32 At the heart of Mark’s gospel is the theme of the journey to Jerusalem. Jesus and his followers are always ‘on the way” to Jesus’ destiny in Jerusalem.…[read more]
Jesus said: “Amen I say to you there is no one who left house or brothers or sisters or mother or father or children or land for my sake and for the gospel’s sake who will not receive now in this age a hundredfold houses and brothers and sisters and mothers and children and land,…[read more]
Jesus looked at the man, loved him, and said:”One thing is lacking to you. Go, sell whatever you have, and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven, and come follow me.” Mark 10: 21 [Wisdom spoke]. . . “I was by God’s side, a master craftsman,/delighting him day after day,/ever at…[read more]
“But from the beginning of creation, ‘Male and female he made them. Because of this a man will leave his father and mother, and he will be joined to his wife and the two will be one flesh. So they are no longer two but one flesh.’ What God has joined together, let no man…[read more]
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