It was a good day. I started my day with the Eucharist at the Cathedral with Joyce. And yes, We talked about YOU !!! Yes YOU – you know who you are.

I then went to class and we talked about the different views of Jesus

Hey I know how to use photoshop. It ain’t perfect but it will do.

From 30 ce through 140 ce there are various traditions about Jesus.

We can date the birth of Jesus from 4 bce and his ministry that extends through his 30th year. [Mt, Mk, Lk] Jesus’ ministry lasts only one year, go read the Gospels and see how many time Passover is celebrated. [John] on the other hand you could stretch to 3 years, based on the Passover celebrations in Jerusalem.

When we read the Gospels, it is fair warning not to read the texts literally, but read what is there theologically. If we look at the Empty Tomb topic the information differs depending on who you read. [I.E. Angelic beings]What happens on Easter morning? Who goes to the Tomb? And Who meets those persons, and how many other persons are there at the Tomb? If you close read the synoptics the story differs in how many people are present at the Tomb of Jesus. And also, what happens after the communication???

Where the story appears in the writing (context) gives it its meaning. If you take away the context you will loose the meaning of the passages.

In the Gospel of Mark:

• Passover is on a Thursday
• The Last Supper is the Passover Meal
• Occurs on Thursday after the lambs are slain
• After supper Jesus is arrested and jailed for the night
• His trial is the next morning
• Jesus is Crucified at 9 a.m. in the morning
  AFTER the Passover meal is eaten

In the Gospel of John:

• Passover is on a Friday
• The Last Supper is NOT a Passover Meal
• Occurs on Thursday before the lambs are slain
• After supper Jesus is arrested for the night
• His trial is the next morning
• Jesus is Crucified at 12 noon the day BEFORE
  the Passover meal is eaten

Don’t you just love learning about the Bible???This is just some seriously tasty food to sit and ponder…

I went to have coffee with my study buddy and we went over our notes in preparation for Thursday’s Midterm exam. Let us pray !!! I had just enough time to stop in at home to make a pit stop then it was off to the meeting.

I got everything done in record time and I had about 45 Blessed Minutes of peace and quiet to read my Christ the Lord: The Road to Cana. I must say the read is getting better the further into the book I am getting. It is interesting to read a book that is written from the perspective of Jesus himself. He is the narrator of the story. Christ the Lord: Out of Egypt did the same thing. I think it is really cool to ponder listening to Jesus narrate his life in Nazareth.

You just have to read the book to really get it…

Today’s topic was honesty…

Sit, Quiet, Ponder, Mull over, Honesty…

Living a sober life in many ways is like peeling back the fine layers of an onion. I thought about the dishonesty that I employed as a young person and the many jackpots I found myself in as well.

I guess today honesty means something else. Because I am pretty honest when it comes to every day life. Sometimes I am painfully honest, and for some that is a bad thing. Staying true to myself and being honest with myself every day is what I have to do.

Today I can talk about the way I feel and I can name and own those emotions and I know how, today, what to do with them, where to place them and even how long I want to sit in any particular emotion. It all comes down to what is on the back of my medallion:

“To thine Own Self be True”

Mark 8:14-21

The Yeast of the Pharisees and Herod

The disciples had forgotten to bring bread, except for one loaf they had with them in the boat. “Be careful,” Jesus warned them. “Watch out for the yeast of the Pharisees and that of Herod.”They discussed this with one another and said, “It is because we have no bread.”

Aware of their discussion, Jesus asked them: “Why are you talking about having no bread? Do you still not see or understand? Are your hearts hardened? Do you have eyes but fail to see, and ears but fail to hear? And don’t you remember? When I broke the five loaves for the five thousand, how many basketfuls of pieces did you pick up?”

“Twelve,” they replied.

“And when I broke the seven loaves for the four thousand, how many basketfuls of pieces did you pick up?”

They answered, “Seven.”

He said to them, “Do you still not understand?”