Sunday, April 18, 2010

Holy Spittle Batman

There - does that get your attention! We began a study of Mark's gospel today with the Dawn Treaders. Bob set out an outline in Latin as a game to note how many sections there might be in a gospel. Mark has about 118 out of 365 total divisions of the fourfold gospel as note by Kurt Aland in his parallel gospels. You can see all the breakdowns of the texts here. Our lesson of course did not go that far this morning but the children did see a far distant horizon and a rich set of possibilities.

We concentrated for 20-25 minutes on the healing of the deaf man with a speech impediment. Jesus takes 7 actions in this story and each action is visible - as they would have to be for a deaf man to hear them. So not Latin, not Hebrew, not Greek, not Aramaic, but sign language - seven significant actions
  • taking him aside from the multitude privately, - personal, one to one
  • he put his fingers into his ears, easy to see - pointing to the problem
  • and he spat - easy to see
  • and touched his tongue; - perhaps he spit into his own hand and touched the tongue with the spittle
  • and looking up to heaven, - here is the source
  • he sighed, - pray and listen to God's sigh also
  • and said to him, "Eph'phatha," that is, "Be opened." - a visible language - say it EF-PHA-THA lip readable
 I encouraged the children to look for the ways that Our Lord will speak to them in their own personal language this week. I told them also to ask him for a hint.

We also discussed briefly the Messianic secret that is evident in the first half of the Gospel. Summary: personal prayer, real healing, and mystery. I told them we could from this first lesson spend much more time than 20 minutes examining the relationship of this short passage to the whole Scripture. I encouraged them to read the whole Gospel. Next week Ella will prepare chapter 1.

Reference: Synopsis of the Four Gospels, Greek-English Edition of the Synopsis Quattuor Evangelium, Edited by Kurt Aland (6th edition) - available in the UVIC library.

Friday, April 16, 2010

Ten choices from the Gospel of Mark

Here are 10 of the sections of Mark - a set of suggestions. Each student will prepare one for one selected week. (Note you can see all the parallel passages for the section in the other gospels by finding your chosen section on this post).

Ten choices in the Gospel of Mark
  1. Healing the deaf mute, Mark 7:31
  2. Preparation for ministry, Mark 1:1 – 1:13
  3. Calling disciples, Mark 1:16
  4. Jesus and Family, Mark 3:19
  5. Herod’s opinion and the death of John, Mark 6:14
  6. Walking Trees, Mark 8.22
  7. Peter’s confession and the transfiguration, Mark 8:27
  8. The Rich Young Man, Mark 10:17
  9. The fig tree, Mark 11:11
  10. The Son of David, Mark 12:28, 12:35

A focus on Mark for the next 10 weeks

Here is an outline of Mark's gospel. After reading Hebrew, Latin should be a cinch for you all. The links will take you to my Gospel Parallels pages. Fun to look at and puzzle over.

Section Title Mark Luke Matthew John
I PRAEFATIO



1 Prologus 1.1 1.1 1.1 1.1
III PRAEPARATIO



13 Ioannes Baptista praecursor Domini (Autumn 27) 1.2 3.1 3.1 1.19
16 Ioannes Christum evangelizat 1.7 3.15 3.11 1.24
18 Baptismus Jesu (March 28) 1.9 3.21 3.13 1.29
20 Tentatio 1.12 4.1 4.1
V MINISTERIUM IN GALILAEA



30 Iter in Galilaeam (May 28) 1.14a 4.14a 4.1 4.1
32 Ministerium in Galilaea 1.14b 4.14b 4.13 4.43
34 Vocatio discipulorum 1.16
4.18
35 In synagoga Capharnaum docet 1.21 4.31

36 Daimoniacus in synagoga 1.23 4.33

37 Socrus Petri 1.29 4.38

38 Sanationes sub vesperum 1.32 4.40

39 Jesus Capharnaum relinquit 1.35 4.42

40 Per Galilaeam praedicat 1.39 4.44 4.23
42 Sanatio leprosi 1.40 5.12

43 Sanatio paralytici 2.1 5.17

44 Vocatio Levi publicani 2.13 5.27

45 Quaestio ieiunii 2.18 5.33

46 Spicae sabbato vulsae (June 28 - Galilee) 2.23 6.1

47 Manus arida 3.1 6.6

48 Sanationes ad mare 3.7


49 Electio apostolorum 3.13 6.12

VIII MINISTERIUM IN GALILAEA



116 Incredulitas suorum 3.19


117 In quo eiiciat daemonia 3.22
12.22
118 Peccatum in Spiritum Sanctum 3.28
12.31
121 Mater et fratres Jesu 3.31
12.46
122 Parabola seminantis (December 28) 4.1 8.4 13.1
123 Quare in parabolis loquantor 4.10 8.9 13.10
124 Parabola seminantis explicatur 4.13 8.11 13.18
125 Qui habet aures audiente, audiat 4.21 8.16

126 Ultro semen fructificat 4.26


128 Parabola grani sinapis 4.30
13.31
130 Sine parabola non loquebatur 4.33
13.34
136 Tempestas sedata (December 28) 4.35 8.22

137 Daemoniaci Geraseni 5.1 8.26

138 Haemorrhoissa et filia Iairi 5.21 8.40

139 Propheta in patria 6.1
13.53
142 Missio apostolorum 6.6 9.1

143 Opinio Herodis et fama Jesu 6.14 9.7 14.1
144 Mors Baptistae (January/February 29) 6.17
14.3
145 Apostolorum reversio 6.30 9.10

146 Quinque milia saturantur (Passover April 18, 29) 6.32 9.10 14.13 6.1
147 Super mare ambulat 6.45
14.22 6.16
148 Sanationes in terra Genesar 6.53
14.34 6.22
150 Manibus non lotis manducare 7.1
15.1
151 Syrophoenissa 7.24
15.21
152 Epheththa: multi aegroti 7.31
15.29
153 Quattuor milia saturantur 8.1
15.32
154 Signum de caelo 8.11
16.1
155 Fermentum Pharisaeorum 8.14 12.1 16.5
156 Caecus paulatim sanatur 8.22


Section Title Mark Luke Matthew John
IX PASSIO IMMINET



158 Confessio Petri 8.27 9.18 16.13 6.67
159 Prima passionis predictio 8.31 9.22 16.21
160 Qui vult venire post me 8.34 9.23 16.24
161 Transfiguratio 9.2 9.28 17.1
162 De Elia venturo 9.11
17.10
163 Puer lunaticus 9.14 9.37 17.14
164 Altera passionis predictio 9.30 9.43 17.22
166 Discipulorum ambitio 9.33 9.46 18.1
167 Monitio tolerantiae 9.38 9.49

168 De scandalis 9.42
18.6
XII MINISTERIUM IN IUDAEA



251 Iter in Iudaeam 10.1
19.1
252 De matrimonio et virginitate 10.2
19.3
253 Benedictio parvulorum 10.13 18.15 19.13
254 Adulescens dives 10.17 18.18 19.16
255 Foramen acus; centuplum accipiet 10.23 18.24 19.23
262 Terti passionis praedictio (in via) 10.32 18.31 20.17
263 Mater filiorum Zebedaei 10.35
20.20
264 Bartimaeus vel duo caeci 10.46 18.35 20.29
XIII ULTIMUM MINISTERIUM IN JERUSALEM



269 Ingressus triumphalis in Jerusalem (Monday) 11.1 19.28 21.1 12.12
271 Jesus in Jerusalem, Bethaniam redit 11.11
21.10
272 Ficulnea maledicta 11.12
21.18
273 Purgatio templi 11.15 19.45

274 Insidiae pontificum et scribarum 11.18 19.47

275 Filculnea arefacta 11.20
21.20
276 De potestate Jesu et baptismo Ioannis 11.27 20.1 21.23
278 Vinitores mali 12.1 20.9 21.33
280 De censu Caesaris 12.13 20.20 22.15
281 De resurrectione mortuorum 12.18 20.27 22.23
282 Maximum et primum mandatum 12.28
22.34
283 Filius David? 12.35 20.41 22.41
284 Vae Pharisaeis et scribis 12.37 20.45 23.1
286 Quadrans viduae 12.41 21.1

XIV SERMO ESCHATALOGICUS



287 Templum evertetur 13.1 21.5 24.1
288 Signa adventus Jesu et consummationis saeculi 13.3 21.7 24.3
289 Persecutiones futurae 13.9 21.12 24.9
290 Excidium Iudaeae 13.14 21.20 24.15
291 Pseudochristi et pseudoprophetae 13.21
24.23
292 Filii hominus adventus 13.24 21.25 24.29
293 Tempus adventus: parabola fici 13.28 21.29 24.32
294 Vigilate 13.33


XVI PASSIO



305 Decretum mortis 14.1 22.1 26.1
306 Unctio Bethaniae 14.3
26.6
307 A Iuda proditur 14.10 22.7 26.14
308 Cena paschalis praeparatur 14.12 22.7 26.17
310 Proditorum indicat 14.18
26.21 13.21
311 Eucharistiam instituit (Thursday April 6) 14.22 22.15 26.26
315 Iter in montem Olivarum 14.26 22.31 26.30 13.36
330 Gethsemani 14.32 22.39 26.36 18.1
331 Tenetur 14.43 22.47 26.47 18.2
332 Coram synedrio 14.53 22.54 26.57 18.13
333 Negatio Petri 14.66
26.69 18.25
334 Pontio Pilato traditur 15.1 23.1 27.1 18.28
336 A Pilato interrogatur 15.2 23.2 27.11 18.29
339 Jesus an Barabbas 15.6 23.17 27.15 18.39
341 Condemnatur 15.15 23.24 27.24 19.16
342 Spinis coronatur 15.16
27.27
343 Via ad Golgotha 15.20 23.26 27.31 19.17
344 Crucifigitur (Friday, April 7, 30) 15.22 23.33 27.33 19.17
345 In cruce blasphematur 15.27 23.35 27.38
346 Duo latrones 15.32 23.39 27.44
347 Moritur 15.27 23.44 27.45 19.28
348 Stabant iuxta crucem 15.40 23.49 27.55
350 Sepelitur 15.42 23.50 27.57 19.38
XVII RESURRECTIO



352 Mulieres ad sepulchrum 16.1 24.1 28.1 20.1
358 Recumbentibus apparet 16.14


Section Title Mark Luke Matthew John
XVIII EPILOGUS



362 Marci conclusio brevior [brevior]


363 Marci conclusio longior 16.9


Number of Pericopae = 118
Sources: Synopsis of the Four Gospels, Greek-English Edition of the Synopsis Quattuor Evangelium, Edited by Kurt Aland (6th edition).