The women at the empty tomb in Mark 16

The gospel lectionary reading for Easter Sunday in Year B is the short ending of Mark in Mark 16.1–8. Although it is a short reading, there are lots of interesting things to reflect on. (If you have chosen to read or speak on the reading from John 20, then the commentary on that passage is …

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In what sense was Jesus’ resurrection ‘bodily’?

There was some brouhaha last week when it was announced that Dr John Shepherd, retired Dean of St. George’s Cathedral, Perth, Western Australia, was appointed interim director of the Anglican Centre in Rome. The role includes being the Envoy of the Archbishop of Canterbury to the See of Rome, but it was pointed out that Dr …

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