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Study of the Readings

Joyce Ann Zimmerman, ed.

• Words, Phrases
• To the point
• First Reading
Experience

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The Word Embodied

John Kavanaugh, S. J.

Paul is famous for his suspicions about the body. His own words make him suspect...

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Historical Cultural Context

John J. Pilch

A literal translation of verse 27 in today’s gospel makes its familiar proverb stand out with greater force: “No one knows a son except a father, and no one knows a father except a son...”

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Thoughts from the
Early Church


Edith Barnecut, O.S.B., ed.

Commentary: Attributed to John Chrysostom

Our Master is always the same, gentle and benevolent. In his constant concern for our salvation, he says explicitly in the gospel....

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Preparing for Sunday

Larry
Gillick, S. J.


I read the other day that ninety thousand birds crash into office windows in New York City every year, because they sense that their reflection is reality....

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Scripture In Depth

Reginald H. Fuller

An analysis of the readings for this Sunday.

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