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2024-03-31T00:10:07-04:00

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Vigil of Easter I (30 Mar. 2024): The Tomb in Mark, Part One

Last updated on: March 31, 2024 at 12:10 am By Gabriel Blanchard

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A Truncation Our Gospel for the Vigil tonight is to be Mark 16.1-7, which describes some of the women who followed Jesus coming to the tomb on the day after the sabbath, intending to finish embalming the body. However, when they arrived, the tomb was open and Jesus was not in it. What was there was an angel, who told them Jesus was alive, and to go and tell the other disciples to return to the Galilee and meet him... Read more

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2024-03-26T20:28:22-04:00

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St. Mark’s Passion

Last updated on: March 26, 2024 at 8:28 pm By Gabriel Blanchard

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Apologia Pro Blog Post Sua As trying to annotate the long Gospel passage for Palm Sunday is far too intimidating for me, I regard myself as being now caught up to the Lectionary. Hooray! In previous years, I’ve offered meditations for each of the days of Holy Week, from Palm Sunday to Easter Sunday inclusive. I’m busier than usual this year, and haven’t made the time to do that. Instead, I’ve decided to take the Holy Week narrative in Mark... Read more

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2024-03-24T09:35:40-04:00

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Lent V | John 12.20-33: Ag Criost an Siol

Last updated on: March 24, 2024 at 9:35 am By Gabriel Blanchard

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“Lullay, Thou Little Tiny Child” Ag Críost an síol, ag Críost an fómhar, in iothlainn Dé go dtugtar sinn. Ag Críost an mhuir, ag Críost an t-iasc, i líonta Dé go gcastar sinn. Ó fhás go h-aois, is ó aois go bás, do dhá láimh, a Chríost, anall tharainn. Ó bhás go críoch, ni críoch ach athfhás, i bParthas na ngrás go rabhaimid. Christ’s is the seed, the harvest Christ’s; into God’s barn may we be brought. Christ’s is the... Read more

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2024-03-19T16:49:52-04:00

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Lent IV | John 3.14-21: Of Christ the Serpent

Last updated on: March 19, 2024 at 4:49 pm By Gabriel Blanchard

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I’m Sorry, Christ the What? The snake is not always an evil creature in Scripture. True, it is associated—as a symbol; snakes are God’s creatures, they are not literally demoniac—with what most Christians believe was an appearance of Satan in Genesis. At the other end of the Bible, Revelation speaks of Satan as “a great red dragon”: dragons were traditionally thought of as something like snakes to the nth degree. The Great Red Dragon and the Woman Clothed With the... Read more

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2024-03-18T03:34:03-04:00

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Lent III, 2024: A Detour Through John Begins

Last updated on: March 18, 2024 at 3:34 am By Gabriel Blanchard

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John? Mark? John Mark? Mark is by far the shortest of the canonical Gospels, and so, to suit the fifty-odd Sundays of the lectionary, it requires a bit of in-fill accordingly. The third, fourth, and fifth Sundays of Lent all feature readings from John in Year B (respectively: 2.13-25, the cleansing of the Temple; 3.14-21, part of Jesus’ dialogue with Nicodemus*; and 12.20-33, Jesus’ prediction of his imminent Crucifixion during Holy Week)—our return to Mark will come with Palm Sunday,... Read more

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2024-03-13T17:19:59-04:00

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Lent I, 2024: Mark 1.12-15, the Temptation

Last updated on: March 13, 2024 at 5:19 pm By Gabriel Blanchard

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Quadragesima: Linguistic Tidbits Quadragesima, the Latin for “fortieth,” is where many other languages get their words for the season we call “Lent,” such as the Spanish Cuaresma or the French Carême; the Greek Sarakosti [Σαρακοστή] (though coming of course from Greek rather than Latin roots) has the same meaning. Several cultures borrowed and adapted the Latin name: the Irish word is Carghas, Croatian calls it Korizma, and Swahili calls it Kwaresima. The English term is one of a handful of... Read more

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2024-03-10T08:54:52-04:00

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Lent II, 2024: Mark 9.2-10, the Transfiguration

Last updated on: March 10, 2024 at 8:54 am By Gabriel Blanchard

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Lent and the Transfiguration As the first Sunday of Lent is devoted to the temptation in the wilderness, so the second traditionally includes an account of the Transfiguration—Matthew in Year A, Mark in Year B (e.g. 2024), and Luke in Year C. Other than Jesus forbidding the “inner circle” to discuss what had happened until after the Resurrection, the connection between Lent and the Transfiguration may seem less than obvious. Let’s situate the event in its wider context. In the... Read more

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2024-03-04T17:34:44-04:00

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The Cleansing of the Leper (Mark 1.40-45)

Last updated on: March 4, 2024 at 5:34 pm By Gabriel Blanchard

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A Law in Review To put the Gospel from Shrove Sunday (11 Feb. this year) in context, I’m opening with a discussion of Biblical leprosy. If, for one reason or another, you prefer to pass over that juicy pustule, skip down to the passage here. A portion of the Temple Scroll, the longest of the Dead Sea Scrolls. This passage (which was the Gospel for the last Sunday before Lent this year; you may have gathered I’m a bit behind!)... Read more

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2024-02-18T10:19:53-04:00

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Mark: Catching Up to Chapter One

Last updated on: February 18, 2024 at 10:19 am By Gabriel Blanchard

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Sexagesima and Quinquagesima These are the names of the second and third Sundays in Shrovetide, which were on 4 and 11 February in 2024—in other words, the next-to-last and last Sundays before Lent, respectively. Rendered literally from the Latin, they mean “sixtieth” and “fiftieth.” Because Sundays are counted out for the forty days’ fast of Lent, the Sunday right before Ash Wednesday is fifty days before Easter. The names of Sexagesima and Seputagesima are derived by rounding the seven days... Read more

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2024-02-09T05:20:23-04:00

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The Gospel for Septuagesima Sunday, 2024

Last updated on: February 9, 2024 at 5:20 am By Gabriel Blanchard

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Mark Is a Land Contrasts Finally getting this out, a mere sixteen days after Mark 1.21-28 was actually used as our Mass Gospel! Hoping to catch up to where we now are by, or perhaps on, Ash Wednesday. Speaking of Mark: as we’re now in Year B, I recently wrote us a brief intro to this Gospel. However, that was mostly about the provenance and style of the book; it occurred to me only a few days ago that I... Read more

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