View from a trailer called Λόγος (photo JRL+)
In the name of God, Father, Son and Holy Spirit. As Fr Cyprian Consiglio, OSB Cam., prior of New Camaldoli, remarks in his sermon for this feast day of St. Mark, the narrative of that gospel moves forward with a driving urgency, like the best of rock and roll. My own recollection of such urgency in a rock and roll song with a redemption message is from Michael Been and The Call, a 1970s-80s band based in Santa Cruz, California. "The Walls Came Down" for one, has an explicit Bible backdrop, in that case the people of Israel marching with Joshua around the walls of Jericho.
But the urgency is in the style itself of the gospel of Mark. The connecting word και ("and" or "but") in the Greek text keeps the pace quick. The narrative is breathless as if indeed we have to get the whole story in before the cops come....
και
https://contemplation.com/four-things-about-mark/ (Cyprian's homily)
Daily Office:
AM Psalm 20, 21:1-7(8-14); PM Psalm 110:1-5(6-7), 116, 117
Exod. 17:1-16; 1 Pet. 4:7-19; John 16:16-33
Exod. 17:1-16; 1 Pet. 4:7-19; John 16:16-33
St. MarkEucharist:
AM: Psalm 145
Ecclesiasticus 2:1-11; Acts 12:25-13:3
PM: Psalms 67, 96
Isaiah 62:6-12; 2 Timothy 4:1-11
St. Mark:
Psalm 2 or 2:7-10;
Isaiah 52:7-10; Ephesians 4:7-16; Mark 1:1-15
Psalm 2 or 2:7-10;
Isaiah 52:7-10; Ephesians 4:7-16; Mark 1:1-15
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