The Gospel assigned for the 30th Sunday in Ordinary Time (Mark 10:46-52) picks up where the previous week’s Gospel left off. Mark 10:46-52 It is a story I’ve always been drawn to: Bartimaeus, the blind man, calls out to Jesus for mercy and receives his sight. My interest is grabbled by unexplained oddities, emphatic repetitions, […]
Monday Meditation: RCL Year B, 29th Sunday in Ordinary Time, Mark 10:35-45
The lectionary omits three verses between week 28 (Mark 10:17-31) and week 29 of Ordinary time (Mark 10:35-45). It seems like an easy thing to skip: Just another prediction of Jesus’ coming passion and resurrection. But the skipped bits are pretty crucial: Jesus’ prediction sets up James and John’s request about their place with Jesus […]
Monday Meditation: RCL Year B, 28th Sunday in Ordinary Time, Mark 10:17-31
When I first started writing these Monday Meditations I was surprised how the readings often seemed patched together. Now I’m surprised to find one that’s a coherent story — as is the case in the Gospel for the 28th Sunday in Ordinary Time. Mark 10:17-31 It is a nuanced conversation on the topic of wealth […]
Monday Meditation: RCL Year B, 26th Sunday in Ordinary Time, Mark 9:38-50
Some passages seem intended to make us puzzle out which way to go. That’s okay. Study and meditation are holy processes, and they often bring clarity. Week by week I find I’m struck by what one might call the “texture” of Mark’s Gospel. There is a big difference between the sweeping big picture and the […]
Monday Meditation: RCL Year B, 25th Sunday in Ordinary Time, Mark 9:30-37
On the 25th Sunday of Ordinary time the lectionary skips ahead most of a chapter to Mark 9:30-37. (A little bit of the skipped part came up earlier in the year: Mark 9:2-9 was the Gospel for the last Sunday before Lent, the Transfiguration.) Last week in chapter 8 Jesus started predicting his passion and […]
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