Mark was a proclaimer calling people to repentance. At a time
nearly everyone felt was the end of the world, he boldly told the
story of the beginning. When so many were overwhelmed by what
seemed to be bad news, Mark proclaimed the story of the good news
in his Gospel. Using rhetorical and literary analysis, Father
LaVerdiere introduces Mark's story in The Beginning of the Gospel:
Introducing the Gospel According to Mark. To aid those who prepare
homilies, he shares Mark's sense of Christ's mission, the Christian
calling, the universal Church, and the Church's mission in a
language that everyone can understand. Who was Mark? Where and when
did he write, and for whom? What were his sources? What was his
guiding intention? Instead of dealing with these introductory
questions separately, Father LaVerdiere answers them while
commenting on the Gospel. He explains that for Mark the gospel was
not a mere record of past events, but a new act of proclamation. In
content, Mark's Gospel was a story of the gospel of Jesus and his
disciples. In form, however, Mark's Gospel was an act of
proclamation. It made Jesus, the one who was crucified but had been
raised from the dead, present to Mark's readers and listeners.
Through Mark's Gospel, the gospel proclaimed by Jesus and the
Church became the gospel that was Jesus. In Volume 1 Father
LaVerdiere discusses the title, the prologue, and part one: "Jesus
and the Mystery of the Kingdom of God." Within these chapters he
deals with questions raised about the identity and mission of Jesus
and examines Mark's emphases on the mystery of the gospel (of the
person of Jesus and the Kingdom of God). Father LaVerdiere also
discusses the major symbols of the first part of Mark's Gospel: the
sea (he thalassa) and the bread (ho artos). The first part of the
Gospel of Mark ends: "Do you still not understand?"; Reflecting on
that question, Father LaVerdiere recalls the title Mark gave to his
Gospel: "The beginning of the gospel of Jesus Christ [Son of God]."
Throughout this commentary he keeps Mark's title in mind. After
each event, he repeats the title. Taking Jesus' final question to
heart, Father LaVerdiere asks, "Do we still not understand?"
Chapters in Volume 1 are "Title and Preface (Mark 1:1)" "Prologue:
the Gospel in Miniature (Mark 1:2-13)" "Part One: Jesus and the
Mystery of the Kingdom of God (Mark 1:14-8:21)" "Section I: Jesus
and the First Disciples (Mark 1:14-3:6)" "Section II: Jesus and the
Twelve (Mark 3:7- 6:6a)" and "Section III: Jesus and the Mission of
the Twelve (Mark 6:6b-:21)." Eugene LaVerdiere, SSS, PhD, is
Adjunct Professor of New Testament studies at the Catholic
Theological Union and the senior editor of Emmanuel magazine. He is
the author and editor of numerous books including The Eucharist in
the New Testament and the Early Church, A Church for All Peoples,
and Luke (New Testament Message series) published by The Liturgical
Press.
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