Our Lady Of Lourdes Podcast

1st Sunday of Advent 11/29/2020 New Creation & Reading Someone Else's Mail 2 Corinthians 5:17 A New Creation "Behold, the new has come..." J.R.R. Tolkien—the way that most modern scholars read the scripture is like taking a single stone out of a tower instead of examining the tower in its wholeness, and complete form. We will dominantly be reading from the Gospel of Mark in the coming year. When we read the NT, it's like reading someone else's mail. Part of the mystery of Jesus is that he's enthroned in the 4 Gospels. Mark's symbol is the lion because he is riding The person's mail you are reading is in the mid 60s, AD. In 64 AD, Nero set the city of Rome on fire. The image that derived from that is Nero playing the fiddle as it burned. Afterwards, he chose the Catholics a scapegoat. Thus began one of the largest Christian persecutions of Christ. Peter and Paul were martyred during this time. The Gospel of Mark is written for a church who is suffering. Once you know that God loves you from the Book of