GOSPEL READING
THE GOSPEL OF MARK: WELCOME
Here is the beginning of a journey which will continue until Advent later this year. The aim of this journey is for us to read the Gospel of Mark alongside the Sunday Readings. However, we cannot follow the Sunday Readings exactly because the lectionary gives us an uneven presentation whereas we need to follow a continuous reading.
Keeping close to the Sunday readings will though give us a better appreciation of the Gospels we hear Sunday by Sunday in Ordinary Time
Our aim is practical: to help you to read well and discover the Gospel for yourself. This aim is not academic - though the guidance will have a good academic basis.
There will be a new presentation made, hopefully, early each week. This presentation will also aim to help newcomers to join in. It will take time to settle into the reading and the presentations. Try to make more time available in the first few weeks when there will be more background to cover. After a while, an hour each week ought to be ample time.
Always of course have your Bible with you. Part of the aim is to get used to thumbing through the Bible and getting to know your way around. I will make some comments about the various translations in the next week or two.
There is plenty of scope for this project to develop so your comments will be welcome. Please send them to: patrick@gospelreading.org.uk
It is generally accepted that the Gospel of Mark is the first Gospel. The shortest Gospel is always likely to be the earliest, though I will be giving other reasons later. It is therefore the best place to begin exploring and discovering the Gospels for ourselves.
With these preliminary thoughts in mind, let us now begin our explorations with the readings of the 11th Sunday
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