by James Martin, SJ | Apr 26, 2015 | Holy Land 2015 - Daily Videos & Reflections
The appearance stories are also a reminder that the Risen Christ is identifiable with Jesus of Nazareth; the Christ of faith is identifiable with the Jesus of history. The idea that Jesus of Nazareth died and a new person was created is a misunderstanding of the...
by James Martin, SJ | Apr 24, 2015 | Holy Land 2015 - Daily Videos & Reflections
The current-day Church of the Nativity is a squat, buff-colored, fortress-like edifice built on the site of the fourth-century church mentioned by Jerome. Its byzantine history is summed up by the physical appearance of the church’s main entrance, which clearly shows...
by James Martin, SJ | Apr 23, 2015 | Holy Land 2015 - Daily Videos & Reflections
Mark moves directly into Jesus’s prayer in the Garden: “They went to a place called Gethsemane; and he said to his disciples, ‘Sit here while I pray.’” Matthew begins differently, saying “Jesus went with them to a place called Gethsemane.” As Harrington notes, by...
by James Martin, SJ | Apr 22, 2015 | Holy Land 2015 - Daily Videos & Reflections
Early in my Jesuit life, I would often think about the person I wanted to become, the person I hoped to be one day. Most of us have an image, even if it is an unconscious one, of the person we are meant to be: our true self, our best self. For some time I had thought...
by James Martin, SJ | Apr 21, 2015 | Holy Land 2015 - Daily Videos & Reflections
Jesus rises up. Matthew uses egertheis, which conveys not simply standing, but rising to his full height to confront the storm. He “rebukes” the wind and says to the sea, “Peace! Be still!” The word Mark uses for Jesus’s rebuke (epetimēsen) is the same used for his...
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