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Study of the Readings

Joyce Ann Zimmerman, ed.

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

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The Word Engaged

John Kavanaugh, S. J.

The first Pope John Paul, that smiling priest who reigned only a few weeks, reminded us that God is not only a father, but a mother as well. Was he influenced by the words of Isaiah?

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Historical Cultural Context

John J. Pilch

Two very distinctive Mediter-ranean ideas strike the Western reader in this passage: hospitality and human power over the spirit world...

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Thoughts from the
Early Church


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

Commentary:
Augustine of Hippo

The gospel which has just been read raises a question....
which crop did he have in mind?


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Preparing for Sunday

Larry
Gillick, S. J.


...Freedom is what Jesus came to offer us, worked hard to bring about for us...

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Scripture In Depth

Reginald H. Fuller

An analysis of the readings for this Sunday.

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