Deep Calls to Deep 23rd Sunday Ordinary Time – Words in the Ruins
The Wednesday before I presided and preached, the pastor of the parish was indicted for “inappropriate contact with a minor.” A parishioner at each Mass read a letter from the archdiocese to inform the people about what had recently occurred. And this on the heels of a visit from an archdiocesan priest the weekend before […]
23rd Sunday Ordinary Time – Jesus’ Odd Journey – Geography as Spiritual Theology
Not only did Jesus travel to these places – what we take as an historical travelogue – but the author of the second gospel sets a layer of connections between his Greek text, within his Greek text, and with the Septuagint (the Greek version of the Hebrew Bible). Thus, Tyre is not just an ancient […]
23rd Sunday Ordinary Time – Jesus’ Odd Journey – Geography is Symbolic
Imagine a slide show or a set of photos on Instagram of Jesus trip (Mark 5-7). Jesus waterskis across the Sea of Galilee, encounters the wild man in the tombs, heals him, wild man goes off to the Decapolis (the Ten Cities) to proclaim the good Jesus did for him in freeing him from “Legion,” […]
Jesus Speaks with Authority – TUES 22nd Week of Ordinary Time
Jesus went down to Capernaum, a town of Galilee. He taught them on the sabbath, and they were astonished at his teaching because he spoke with authority. In the synagogue there was a man with the spirit of an unclean demon, and he cried out in a loud voice, “What have you to do with […]
Deep Calls to Deep 