Episode 22: Pentecost 21 & 22, 2024

In this episode of Working the Lectionary, your hosts John Bottomley and Brendan Byrne examine readings from The Gospel According to Mark for weeks 21 and 22 of the season of Pentecost. For Pentecost 21, they reflect on how a false idolisation of the poor and of poverty can justify exploitation through the ideology of hard work as an alleged signifier of human dignity; while for Pentecost 22, they examine how a self-serving misinterpretation of servanthood can facilitate harm in work - even within the Church.

Theme music: Work Undone by Pearce Roswell. Available through Epidemic Music. Used under license. 

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