What follows over the next few days will be short reflections on three people who appear in Mark’s Holy Week narrative. These are not meant to be exhaustive or definitive articles. Rather, they are some of what I have been pondering this Holy Week. Simon of Cyrene is just mentioned once in each of the […]
Tag: Good Friday
Good Friday 2020
When I read the synoptic gospel accounts *of Jesus arrest and trial, I come away with a sense of confusion, anguish, and disorder. It’s nearly chaotic. It was a politically turbulent time, and Passover in Jerusalem was particularly so. The political and religious powers were on edge and worried about unrest in the city. After […]
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