What about anointing the body? by Unvirtuous Abbey Gospel Reading: Mark 16: 1-8 For Sunday, April 9, 2012: Year B – Easter Sunday The most hopeful woman I know has a head full of brain tumours. Yet, naturally, she is filled with fear. It’s a dual existence for her: anticipating the wedding of her first [...]

Did Jesus understand the universal implications of his death, and does it matter? by Lia Scholl Gospel Reading: John 12:20-33 For Sunday, March 25, 2012: Year B—Lent 5 The Gospel lesson for the Fifth Sunday in Lent (B) gets subtitled by the New International Version as “Jesus predicts his death.” But the supposition that most [...]