Commentary on the Gospel of
Today’s reading is ambiguous, though the translations all opt for interpreting that it was Jesus who was mad. What is madness but a definition by some group who are probably more mad themselves? In the 4th century, Abba Antony, the founder of monasticism said: “A time is coming when men will go mad, and when they see someone who is not mad, they will attack him saying, “You are mad, you are not like us.”
