An introduction to Matthew's Gospel
This series of studies introduces you to Matthew's Gospel, offers a background to the Gospel, the context of the Gospel's audience, the way the evangelist presents Jesus, and then moves through the whole Gospel, chapter-by-chapter.
This series of studies introduces you to Matthew's Gospel, offers a background to the Gospel, the context of the Gospel's audience, the way the evangelist presents Jesus, and then moves through the whole Gospel, chapter-by-chapter.
This 9 min audio offers the background to the nature of the ancient prayer practice of "Lectio Divina"
This podcast suggests four steps in praying "Lectio Divina"
This podcast offers an overview of the key literary and theological points that the evangelist points the listener towards in the Gospel's final chapters, Mk 14-16.
It establishes the order of the remaining presentations on the Gospel, each of them representing an "Act" in Mark's drama of Jesus' Passion, Death and Resurrection.
Notes (from the Catholic Parish of Lockleys in South Australia--www.lockleysparish.com) that accompanies this presentation can be found here.
This final podcast on Mark's Gospel looks back over the Gospel, picks up the evangelist's literary outline with its thematic emphases, its portrayal of Jesus and the disciples and reflects on the implications for Mark's Roman urban household of Jesus disciples in the 70s.
Notes (from the Catholic Parish of Lockleys in South Australia--www.lockleysparish.com) that accompanies this presentation can be found here.
This presentation looks back over Mk 1-3, summarising the key insights from Mark's Gospel. We focus particularly on understanding the spirit world of Mark's audience and their understanding of healings and miracles, while offering some contemporary reflections for the ongoing relevance of Mark's healing stories.
Notes (from the Catholic Parish of Lockleys in South Australia--www.lockleysparish.com) that accompanies this presentation can be found here.
This podcast looks back over the final three chapters of Mark's Gospel (Mk 14-16) and offers some summary insights, especially about the meaning of death and resurrection.
Notes (from the Catholic Parish of Lockleys in South Australia--www.lockleysparish.com) that accompanies this presentation can be found here.
The story of Jesus' resurrection is rich in theological symbolism. The focus on the young man's statement that affirms Jesus resurrection ('He has been raised' - 16.6) is linked to the place of absence and loneliness. For Mark's audience their experience of divine absence opens them to the possibility of God's resurrected act in them. The original final verse of the Gospel (16.8) is not a statement of failure but an invitation to openness on the part of the listener who is invited to go back over Mark's Gospel to understand why this ending is so appropriate. This requires conversion of heart ('metanoia'), alertness and the ability to see deeply--qualities associated with discipleship affirmed earlier in the Gospel.
Notes (from the Catholic Parish of Lockleys in South Australia--www.lockleysparish.com) that accompanies this presentation can be found here.
