In this morning's reading from the Gospel according to Saint Mark, there was a whole lot of rebuking going on. Peter rebukes Jesus for saying something Peter doesn't want to hear. Jesus, in turn, rebukes Peter for being a meathead. Lots of rebuking.

One of the teenagers approached me at the coffee hour and asked what rebuke meant. I gave a sort of half-adequate answer by suggesting that it means "to chew out royally." I guess this must not be a word used much outside of the biblical context, eh?

Looks like it can be both a verb and a noun.

Last edited by Father Steve; 03/13/2006 5:32 AM.