Portraits of Christ VI
- Vincent Pizzuto
- Jul 20
- 1 min read
Updated: Aug 3
An Introduction to the Four Gospels for Critical Minds & Contemplative Hearts
A Five-Week Online Bible Study &
Lecture Series with Father Vincent
In this sixth semester of our “Portraits of Christ” series, Fr. Vincent will continue to unpack the structure, theology, and literary ‘brush strokes’ of Mark’s gospel which presents Christ as the “Suffering Messiah” of Isaiah 53. Our last semester concluded with the curing of Bartimaeus, the blind man of Jericho, as Jesus and his followers stand poised to enter the Holy City where he will meet his fate by crucifixion (Mk. 10:52). We are told that as a result, Bartimaeus begins to follow Jesus along the way, joining the ranks of his followers.
As we have seen, the physical geography of the gospel mirrors the spiritual journey that Jesus takes in the course of his two years of public ministry. In the first half of the gospel (Mark 1-8) Jesus crosses back and forth between Jewish and Gentile territory ministering to the towns of Galilee and on both the eastern and western shores of the Sea of Tiberius. In the second half of the gospel his route begins a nearly unwavering journey directly from the Mount of the Transfiguration in the north, heading southward to Jerusalem.
