The play begins with an unexpected abdication Know that we have divided In three our kingdom and lsquo tis our fast intentTo shake all cares and business from our age Conferring them on younger strengths while we Unburdened crawl toward death I i 17-41 King Lear rejects the realm mdash one mig

He enters the play seeking spiritual counsel quot Where is my gracious lord of Canterbury quot I ii 1 When the archbishop arrives the young King nbsp immediately asks if his cause is just invading France to seize its throne My learn d lord we pray you to proceed and justly and religiously

In the first installment I set out the traditional Greco-Roman letter format and looked at the ldquo Judases rdquo and ldquo Jameses rdquo in the New Testament There seemed to be only one good option for whom the Judas Jude to whom this letter is attributed could be the Judas Jude who is the

As we have reached Palm Sunday I wanted to provide links to previous writings here on The Good Word blog and one found at the Bible Junkies blog Please also go The Word to find the most recent columns for Palm Sunday and Easter The Palm Sunday post is a reflection on how quickly our attention can

Hearing these words from the Passion of Saint Luke quot Father if you are willing take this cup away from me still not my will but yours be done quot 22 42 it rsquo s difficult not to feel that we have intruded into a conversation between intimates one we have no warrant to hear Jesus ple

In the first installment I looked at the ldquo Judases rdquo and ldquo Jameses rdquo in the New Testament There seems only one good option for whom the Judas Jude to whom this letter is attributed could be the Judas Jude who is the brother of Jacob James and Jesus nbsp Modern scholarship h