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A Truncation Our Gospel for the Vigil tonight is to be Mark 16.1-7, which describes some of the women who followed Jesus coming to the tomb on the day

Mark Is a Land Contrasts Finally getting this out, a mere sixteen days after Mark 1.21-28 was actually used as our Mass Gospel! Hoping to catch up to

Almost all English Bible translations place the last twelve verses of Mark’s Gospel in brackets, suggesting the passage may not be authentic. How do we assess the evidence for where Mark ends?

Published April 10, 2021, 12:00 AM REFLECTIONS TODAY The original version of the Gospel of Mark ends in verse 8 of chapter 16, with the women still cowering in fear and overcome with bewilderment. Thus, they are unable to obey the command of the angel to convey to the apostles that Jesus will meet with them in Galilee. The Gospel reading today is called the Longer Ending, composed and added later. Here, the editor summarizes the stories of the appearance of Jesus to Mary Magdalene and to two di...