Jesus clearly made an impression. So much so that many important and powerful people decided it was necessary to kill him. But that’s still in the future. For now we’ve heard how the impression he made on his first disciples was so strong that they were willing to put aside their lives and livelihoods and […]
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This week we hear Mark’s version of the story of Jesus calling his first disciples (Mk 1:14-20). This includes the familiar line “I will make you fishers of men”. But it has the same sense of immediacy as we got from John last week. The picture of the fishermen just dropping everything and running after
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One of the striking things about the story of Jesus calling his disciples is that there is no discussion, no questioning, they simply up and follow. In John’s version (Jn 1:35-42) it isn’t even Jesus who initiates the process. It’s John the Baptist who says something that triggers the first two disciples to turn and
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Today we finish our celebration of Christmas with the Feast of the Epiphany. We started with the comfort and closeness of Mary and Elizabeth, we have hopefully spent time with family and friends, focused on those nearest to us. But that is not where Christmas ends. The ending has us looking outwards, to the wide
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