Mark’s Gospel is wonderful for its clarity and simplicity. It shows Jesus coming straight to the point and shows his apostles to as blunt, self-interested and completely unaware of the way they dig holes for themselves as any naively ambitious group can be. But that is the Gospel’s strength: it shows Jesus followers to be people like us - unintelligent and self-interested - and Jesus to be exactly what he remains for us: understanding, patient and accepting as he forgives our self-interest and overlooks how silly and stupid we can be.

About the Speaker: Father Michael Kelly is a Jesuit priest and English language publisher of the respected Jesuit periodical, La Civilta Cattolica.

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