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Oct 24, 2024 · Here are seven main points about the great story of Bartimaeus the blind beggar and the rest of the readings for the Thirtieth Sunday in Ordinary Time Year B —taken from my podcast episode on the subject and “This Sunday” pieces from 2021 and 2018. First: The story takes place on a notorious roadway.
Oct 21, 2024 · October 21, 2024 by Ian Paul. The gospel lectionary reading for the so-called Last Sunday after Trinity (or Trinity 22) in Year B is the story of the healing of blind Bartimaeus in Mark 10.46–52. This reading has an appeal at two levels. First, it is in Mark’s usual lively and direct style, and has a similar feeling to some of the very ...
Oct 20, 2009 · Nor did Bartimaeus hesitate when Jesus asked, “What do you want me to do for you?”. “My teacher, let me see again,” Bartimaeus said simply, and Jesus replied, “Go; your faith has made you well.”. Mark concludes: “Immediately he regained his sight and followed him on the way.”. We see in this story the same basic elements that ...
cisely: the narrator is not one of the characters of the story. This "external" position allows him to use several combinations. As we shall see, he adopts for some part of the episode Bartimaeus' point of view on the psychological plane. Most important, at the end the narrator leaves the word to Jesus to offer the hermeneutic key: the
Oct 22, 2021 · The healing of blind Bartimaeus in Mark 10. The gospel lectionary reading for the so-called Last Sunday after Trinity (or Trinity 21) in Year B is the story of the healing of blind Bartimaeus in Mark 10.46–52. (Apologies to my regular readers for the lack of comment on the previous two weeks of readings.) This reading has an appeal at two levels.
Oct 23, 2021 · And so as we see this story of healing, we see the simple and beautiful movements of what it means to be a disciple in this story. It is simply to recognize who Jesus is. To cry out to him in trust, to place ourselves in his hands, and to follow. We see all these elements in the story of Bartimaeus. The faith of Bartimaeus plays an important role.
Oct 25, 2009 · The spatial dimensions of this story contribute to our understanding of Bartimaeus’ salvation (note that in 10:52 Jesus literally says, “Your faith has saved you”). Bartimaeus begins the story alongside (para) the road. He ends the story as a follower (compare 8:34). He follows Jesus on (en) the road. The shift of prepositions reflects ...
