This second podcast on Mark's Gospel reiterates and expands upon key points from the first podcast, especially Mark's domestic and social context. It also offers a brief overview of the Gospel, encapsulating it within a literary schema that emphasizes Mark's Gospel as 'a beginning'(Mk 1.1). This coheres with the Gospel's enigmatic final verse (16.8). The 'wilderness' motif also leaves its imprint in the Gospel's opening and closing chapters.

Notes (from the Catholic Parish of Lockleys in South Australia--www.lockleysparish.com) that accompanies this presentation can be found here.