Oct 27, 2021
The first of all the commandments: On arrival in Jerusalem, Jesus meets opposition. These passages are not in the Lectionary, but they lead to Jesus' encounter with a Scribe. Acting as a lawyer, he seeks the one commandment that covers all the commandments. Jesus' response comes from Israel's tradition, but it is a new...
Oct 20, 2021
Leaving all, he followed him: The journey to Jerusalem is nearing its end, but as Jesus and the disciples climb from Jericho to Jerusalem, blind Bartimaeus abandons everything, comes to Jesus in faith, receives the sight that the disciples lack, and follow Jesus down his way to death and resurrection.
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Oct 13, 2021
Not to be served, but to serve: James and John, and the other ten members of "the Twelve" continue to misunderstand Jesus. They seek only places of honour and authority. Jesus calls them to the baptism of martydom, and to lowly service. He instructs them not only in word, but by his example: the Son of Man who came to...
Oct 6, 2021
What must I do?: A rich man's desire to know what he must do to inherit eternal life leads Jesus to love him and focus upon the only thing that is blocking his commitment to the way of Jesus - his riches. Once more, this episode is to teach disciples that they are to follow Jesus in all things, abandoning anything that...