Saturday 31 March
Mark 15:42-47 Today’s reading serves as an introduction to Holy Saturday, though Mark does not even mention it. There is only one sentence in all four Gospels which deals with that day. Luke states: But they rested on the Sabbath in obedience to the commandment. We...Good Friday 30 March
Mark 15:1-41 This chapter is the climax of Mark’s Gospel. We have all read it, perhaps hundreds of times. Still, each time it strikes us anew with its horror, its injustice and its pathos. I hesitated to comment on it, and considered just letting the text speak for...Thursday 29 March
Mark 14:12-72 Today’s reading commences with a reference to the Feast of Unleavened Bread. This is a Jewish Festival dating from the time of the Passover – the escape of the Jews from slavery in Egypt. It involves the removal of yeast from every part of the house....Wednesday 28 March
Mark 14:1-11 Go back and read the first two verses again. The outrage! Here’s this layman, going around healing people, making blind people see, delivering them from demons, and delivering sermons that people actually want to listen to. The priests and wardens call...
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