Reflections on the readings of Sundays and feasts December 2023-February 2024
This Sunday's readings set forth a context and attitude and mindset as we begin the Advent season. Primarily they enable us to enter more deeply the mystery of Christ and the "day of the Lord Jesus Christ" (1 Cor 1:8). The gospel reading is Jesus' concluding exhortation in Mark...
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Format: | Electronic Article |
Language: | English |
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2023
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The Australasian Catholic record
Year: 2023, Volume: 100, Issue: 4, Pages: 484-504 |
IxTheo Classification: | HB Old Testament HC New Testament RC Liturgy |
Further subjects: | B
Baptists
B English; Gospels B Bible stories B Bible stories, English; Gospels B Transfiguration of Jesus Christ B Jesus Christ |
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Summary: | This Sunday's readings set forth a context and attitude and mindset as we begin the Advent season. Primarily they enable us to enter more deeply the mystery of Christ and the "day of the Lord Jesus Christ" (1 Cor 1:8). The gospel reading is Jesus' concluding exhortation in Mark's short apocalyptic reflection on the "coming of the Son of Man" (Mark 13:1-32); it is a prelude to the narrative of the suffering and death of that Son of Man in the following chapters (Mark 14-15). In the second reading, Paul begins his letter with a prayer of thanksgiving for the community who are awaiting the revealing/coming/ alphaapiοκalphalambdauwic/apocalypsis of Christ. The first reading is taken from the third section of the book of the Prophet Isaiah (Isa 56-66), and is part of a prophetic lament of the "absence" of God, seen in the destroyed temple of his presence. |
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ISSN: | 0727-3215 |
Contains: | Enthalten in: The Australasian Catholic record
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Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.3316/informit.456943633382280 |