Study of the Readings
ed. by
Joyce Ann Zimmerman,
et al
• Words, Phrases
• To the point
• First Two Readings
• Experience
John Kavanaugh, SJ
God must always be “more than” any creature of earth. If we turn a human person into a god, that person will eventually possess us.
John J. Pilch
The troubles that a Mediterranean person experienced in leaving the family of origin have little resonance with modern believers.
Christ commanded the apostles to leave everything in the world that they held most dear.
Dennis
Hamm, SJ
When the woman from Shunem extends to the prophet Elisha the generous hospitality of having a special guest room especially for him, she is rewarded with an unexpected gift of life.
Reginald H. Fuller
What happened to us in baptism cannot be made to “unhappen,” however often we stumble and fall.