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In the video I posted [http://www.thesacredpage.com/2009/10/jesus-teaching-on-marriage-video-for.html]for this Sunday readings, I mentioned that some ancient writers believed that the concession for divorce was made by Moses out of the desire to prevent wife-murder.[1] I want to explore yet another avenue which might help us further understand JesusÂ’ teaching here. Specifically, I want to highlight the fact that the so-called commandment for divorce is only found in Deuteronomy. Now, in his new volume, Meier has actually shown that the widespread acceptance of divorce in Second Judaism seemed to make more out of the Deuteronomic legislation than is actually there. Here I want...

[Video available at source] This Sunday we hear Jesus’ passion prediction in Mark 9:31: “The Son of man will be given over the hands of men, and they will kill him; and when he is killed, after three days he will rise”. As I mention in the video there seem to be echoes of Daniel 7 in Jesus’ words. Here I thought I’d give a little more on that since I can’t get into all of the technicalities involved in the short video we do. By the way, I want to thank Nate Sjogren again for putting this together. He's...

Jesus as the Suffering Servant and Peter's response to Jesus' prediction of his coming suffering. Solid scholarship, entertaining, and faithful to the Magisterium. http://www.thesacredpage.com/2009/09/video-on-sundays-readings.html

Another reflection on the Sunday's lectionary readings. http://vimeo.com/5984513