The Sunday gospel lectionary for the Third Sunday before Advent at the end of this Year B is Mark 1.14-20, the beginning of ...

This gospel was written by a Jew, Matthew the tax-collector, for a Jewish Christian audience. The narrative closely follows the life of Jesus from his birth, through his ministry and unto his ...

In Matthew’s narrative, Jesus’ birth is detected by foreign ... was rescued as an infant from a murderous king [2:16- 18].) Jesus’ ministry begins with three temptations in the desert that correspond ...

The baptism is an event that is very important in Jesus’ ministry. In this story we see clearly the relationship between Father and Son and the use of the title ‘Son of God’. The events that ...

Hostility to Jesus had been mounting from the beginning of his ministry. The on-going conflict with the religious leaders leads to this point. Jesus’ enemies, the chief priests and the elders ...

John, a gospel that we can't date at all, has Jesus really with the Jerusalem ministry. He's scarcely ... story and a quite different personality. Matthew and Luke depend on Mark.

Tyrann Mathieu, inspired by memories of spending Thanksgivings with his grandmother, participated in the event to ensure ...