by Jeremy Zipple | Apr 23, 2016 | Holy Land 2016, Holy Land 2016 - 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 Jeremy Zipple | Apr 22, 2016 | Holy Land 2016, Holy Land 2016 - 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 Jeremy Zipple | Apr 21, 2016 | Holy Land 2016, Holy Land 2016 - 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...
by Jeremy Zipple | Apr 20, 2016 | Holy Land 2016, Holy Land 2016 - 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 Jeremy Zipple | Apr 19, 2016 | Holy Land 2016, Holy Land 2016 - 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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