Monday April 6

Today I could easily list the daily Mass under the title "critical reading." Father Ed compared the reading from yesterday, from the gospel of Mark, to the very similar reading today, from the gospel of John. He pointed out the inconsistencies between the two readings, and questioned why they were different, and which was the correct version of the events. Father pointed out that in the Mark version, Jesus is at the home of Simon the Leper, and in the John version, Jesus is at the home of Lazereth, etc. etc. What I find interesting, is that Father Ed encourages the parishioners to read the Bible through a critical lens, and seek out the true lesson beneath the text.