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In the passage from the Acts of the Apostles, Peter and John testify to the religious authorities that they will choose to continue to obey God and preach about Jesus.
The Longer Ending of the Gospel of Mark adds the details of the role of Mary Magdalene and the disciples on the road to Emmaus in the movement of the Apostles to taking on the mission.
* [16:9–20] This passage, termed the Longer Ending to the Marcan gospel by comparison with a much briefer conclusion found in some less important manuscripts, has traditionally been accepted as a canonical part of the gospel and was defined as such by the Council of Trent.Eileen Wirth wonders what she would have done had she lived in the time of Jesus and experienced the events that we read about today.
“Now there are more stories from the Eleven, you know, the men who were his chief disciples. I’m glad I wasn’t THAT close to him. Peter and John are refusing to obey orders from the authorities to stop preaching because they’re saying that Jesus told them to preach the Gospel everywhere to everyone. Mark my words. They’re going to get themselves killed for preaching about someone who might have been a phony or a psychopath.”Don Schwager quotes Augustine of Hippo, 430-543 A.D., on the Great Commission.
"The command to the apostles to be witnesses to him in Jerusalem, Judea, Samaria, and even to the uttermost parts of the earth was not addressed exclusively to those to whom it was immediately spoken. They alone would not be the only ones who would carry such an enormous task to completion. Similarly he seems to be speaking to the apostles very personally when he says: "Behold I am with you even to the end of the world," yet who does not know that he made this promise to the universal church which will last from now even to the consummation of the world by successive births and deaths?" (excerpt from Letter 199, To Hesychius 49)Friar Jude Winkler tells of the interrogation of John and Peter by the religious authorities and their decision to follow the direction of God rather than the authorities. The Longer Ending of the Gospel of Mark is canonical. It contains passages that are based on the Resurrection accounts in the other Gospels.
Fr. Richard Rohr, OFM, believes in some kind of bodily resurrection because it localizes the Christ mystery in this material and earthly world and in our own bodies.
Today I’d like to share with you the practice of drumming, which I have used a lot in men’s work over the years. Every human culture has developed some form of drumming, the repetition of a steady beat, to encourage and inspire what writer Barbara Ehrenreich calls “Collective Joy.” [2] While drumming often supports dancing and musical performance, it also has a long history as contemplative practice.He recommends drumming as a method to experience the contemplation through which we unite our inner tensions to witness to others in our Christian action.
References
(n.d.). Acts, Chapter 4 Retrieved April 7, 2018, from http://www.usccb.org/bible/readings/bible/acts/4:13
(n.d.). The Longer Ending. Retrieved April 7, 2018, from http://www.usccb.org/bible/mark/mark16.htm
(n.d.). Creighton University's Online Ministries. Retrieved April 7, 2018, from http://onlineministries.creighton.edu/CollaborativeMinistry/online.html
(n.d.). Daily Scripture Readings and Meditations. Retrieved April 7, 2018, from http://dailyscripture.servantsoftheword.org/
(2017, December 30). 2018 Daily Meditations - Center for Action and Contemplation. Retrieved April 7, 2018, from https://cac.org/2018-daily-meditations/
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